Thread: spawnl()

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    spawnl()

    I have been using the spawnl() function to run an external EXE but have a problem. I can get spawnl() to work just fine the only problem is that I don't want the program output printed on the console screen. I want it saved in a text file so that I can read and manipulate it. I did the first thing that came to mind:

    FILE<<spawnl(P_WAIT, "grab.exe", "grab.exe -args", NULL);

    But that of course just sends a '0' to the text file indicating that spawnl() was successful.

    Any suggestions? Thanks.

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    use a pipe, look up the refrence on the popen() function
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