Thread: start a shell in a child witch is waiting

I want to start a shell oder sqlplus in the child witch execute the commandos from parent
i dont want to start a new child for each commando or use exec(ls, ... ) each time

is there a way to solve this ?

Code:

	if (new_process==0) {
        
		close(fd[1]);

		while(1)
		{
			if(sizeof(readbuffer)>0)
			nbytes = read(fd[0], readbuffer, sizeof(readbuffer));
			printf("Read string: %s \n ", readbuffer);

//!!! my problem i dont want to print "ls" all the time i want a shell witch exec ls
// and all other command the child will get by parent

// my solution is to cread a new child making system("command"); 
// but i want to run a shell or sqlplus or something else in this process to execute the 
// parents output


		}
	



	}
	if (new_process>0)  {
                

                 // yeah i know its a loop but its the simpelst thing to test without readline stuff
                char * buf ="ls"
		close(fd[0]);
		while (1)
		{

				write(fd[1], buf, (strlen(buf)+1));
		}


		 }


	}

Originally Posted by IceDane

Yes, my thoughts exactly, but I fail to see how voodoo-based sacrifical rituals of young shellchildren relates to C programming.

prepare to be surprised

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