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    problem

    Code:
                   while(1) {  
                    char cmd[20];
                    printf("Shell: "); scanf("%s",&cmd);
    		res = fork();
    		if(res==0) {
    			if((strcmp("ls",cmd))==0) { execl("/bin/ls","ls",NULL); insert_list(list, "ls"); } 
    			if((strcmp("ps",cmd))==0) { execl("/bin/ps","ps",NULL); insert_list(list, "ps"); } 
    			if((strcmp("historic",cmd))==0) {  Print_list(list); }
    		}
    		else {
    			wait(&status);	
    		}	
    	}
    }
    i´m creating a little shell, and each time i execute a command i want it to
    be saved in a linked list, so when i execute the command historic, it prints the commands i had executed before. But when i execute command historic the list don´t print nothing. I think it is because execl, because if i take the instruction execl("/bin/ls","ls",NULL); it prints the list with the elements correct, in this case ls.
    Sorry about the English.

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    How about continuing with the same thread, rather than starting a new thread with a new approach to the same problem.
    http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showthread.php?t=70498

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