Storing the result of execvp to a char array in C

I would like to know how to store the result of execvp to a char array as a string.

Below is my code:

Code:

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int main () {
    char response[1000];
    char *buffer[100];
    int pid, status;
    printf("Please enter the shell command:  ");
    scanf("%s",&response);
    pid = fork();
    if (pid < 0) {
                    printf("Unable to create child process, exiting.\n");
                    exit(0);
                    }
    if (pid == 0) {
                printf("I'm the child.\n");
                *buffer = response;
                execvp(*buffer,buffer);
                printf("execvp failed\n");
                    }
                   
    else{
          wait(&status);
          exit(0);
          }
}

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If a user types "ls" execvp displays the result of "ls" to the screen. I would like to store this in a char array as a string. Can anyone help me?
THanks in advance.

James

Problem solved!!!
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