On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 3:41 AM Manomugdha Biswas <manomug...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > I have a Linux C binary (executable, not .so file). i can update (add new > files/folders if it is required) but after compilation i will get a binary > executable file. > I want to access/call few functions of this executable from python. for > this i want to use cython interface (most probably cython is the best > option!). Any other possible options are also acceptable. the > example/documentation of cython i have seen till now, they talk about > calling c functions from c library (.so file). > > can you please point me to a documentation/source code which talks about > how to call c functions from c-executable? >
Once it's an executable, you can't call functions in it. So your options are either: 1) Go back to the source code and compile it differently. Use it as a library instead of an executable. 2) Run the program with parameters that make it do what you want, and then get a result back via stdout. The first one is almost certainly easier. You'll need to figure out how the project is structured, and probably learn a bit about the process of compiling C code to either an executable or a library. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
