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- POPEN C Library Procedures POPEN
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- NNAAMMEE
- popen, pclose - initiate I/O to/from a process
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- SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
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- FFIILLEE **ppooppeenn((ccoommmmaanndd,, ttyyppee))
- cchhaarr **ccoommmmaanndd,, **ttyyppee;;
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- ppcclloossee((ssttrreeaamm))
- FFIILLEE **ssttrreeaamm;;
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- DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
- The arguments to _p_o_p_e_n are pointers to null-terminated
- strings containing respectively a shell command line and an
- I/O mode, either "r" for reading or "w" for writing. It
- creates a pipe between the calling process and the command
- to be executed. The value returned is a stream pointer that
- can be used (as appropriate) to write to the standard input
- of the command or read from its standard output.
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- A stream opened by _p_o_p_e_n should be closed by _p_c_l_o_s_e, which
- waits for the associated process to terminate and returns
- the exit status of the command.
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- Because open files are shared, a type "r" command may be
- used as an input filter, and a type "w" as an output filter.
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- SSEEEE AALLSSOO
- pipe(2), fopen(3S), fclose(3S), system(3), wait(2), sh(1)
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- DDIIAAGGNNOOSSTTIICCSS
- _P_o_p_e_n returns a null pointer if files or processes cannot be
- created, or the shell cannot be accessed.
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- _P_c_l_o_s_e returns -1 if _s_t_r_e_a_m is not associated with a
- `popened' command.
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- BBUUGGSS
- Buffered reading before opening an input filter may leave
- the standard input of that filter mispositioned. Similar
- problems with an output filter may be forestalled by careful
- buffer flushing, for instance, with _f_f_l_u_s_h, see _f_c_l_o_s_e(3S).
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- _P_o_p_e_n always calls _s_h, never calls _c_s_h.
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