system call

[stautze]

Is it possible to do a system call with a string as part your input.

char file[100];

system("vi file");

[Hammer]

I believe you'd need to concatenate the command into one char array first, then pass that as the arg to system().

Something like

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
    char fn[] = "a.c";
    char buffer[1024];

    strcpy(buffer, "vi ");  // Should really use strncpy and strncat
    strcat(buffer, fn);

    system(buffer);
    return(0);
}

[Unregistered]

works like a charm, thanks.