Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 21:39:11 +0000 From: "Jonathan Herriott" <herriojr@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: C Program to execute programs in same console Message-ID: <6a56d69c0604031439o7c2eed8an5710dad733a0e97@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi! I've come into an interesting problem I've been trying to figure out.=20 For no other reason than my own interest, I've been trying to get a c program to execute other programs in the current console I am in (using kde if that helps). I tried using system() and execvp() calls to try and execute a cd command in my current shell, which of course, didn't work. It seems to open up a new shell, then execute the command, and then exit that new shell it had opened. So, my question is how can I get it to execute a cd in the current shell using c code. You don't have to give me the code, just give me a term to search for or a function to look up. I'm sure someone knows how to do it here! Thanks in advance for the help! Jon
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