Thread: system() function

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    system() function

    Hello,

    I am creating a program in linux.
    I know I can do the following system("ifconfig eth0").
    But how can I do this :

    system("ifconfig variable")

    So the content of variable is eth0

    Is this possible or do I have to do this else ?

    Thanks

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