Thread: Redirect stdout to inet socket!

Hello, I'm wondering how to send stdout of a execvp() call to an open inet socket.

After setting up the socket, and accepting a connection on it, here is what I have:

Code:

if (fork() == 0)
{
	close(1);
	dup(socket_fd);
	execvp(pointer_array[0], pointer_array); //pointer_array = command/arguments
}
else
{
	printf("Parent Process!\n");
}

However, nothing happens! I don't receive anything at the other end of the socket! However, I also dont see the output of the execvp() call, so stdout is getting redirected, just not to the socket.

I was following the advice here: redirecting stdout to a socket, but that clearly doesn't work.
The thread here: Redirecting stdout to socket seemed promising, but I don't know how to use dup2 and fflush together properly.

Thanks!

Code:

execvp(pointer_array[0], pointer_array);

Not quite sure the content of the pointer_array. You do realise that the execvp should have its last argument as null char pointer? Just for the sake of testing i would just print message instead of calling execvp function and make sure you receive that message on the other side of receiving socket. Something like this

Code:

if (fork() == 0)
{
	close(1);
	dup(socket_fd);
	printf("Do you see this message\n");
}
else
{
	printf("Parent Process!\n");
}

Since the printf writes it to the standard stdout, which in turn should get redirected to sock_fd. And the receiving node under connection should receive that message.

ssharish