Ronald Bultje wrote:
> For a simple application, I use the call:
>
> system("a_command");
>
> this runs this application. Now, this application needs some simple user
> input ("press enter to do this", etc). I tried creating a second thread to
> do this, but this will not press enter for this thread but for its own. So
> the a_command programm still thinks enter wasn't pressed.
> Can someone think of a way to give this user input without having to do it
> console by hand? (I mean, I try to make a GUI! :) )
>
Don't use "system" to run the external program - use "popen" instead,
which returns a set of pipes you can use in your main application to
write to the child's stdin and read from its stdout.
If I recall correctly, the one caveat to this technique is that the
child process won't work if it's got an X UI of its own - check the GTK+
FAQ for the complete scoop.
Regards,
Timothy M. Shead
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