execl

[cmancre]

i did a script in bash and i want to run it with few arguments.

#define rr "/path...."
execl(rr,"rr",arg1,arg2,arg3,arg4,arg5,arg6,(char *)0);

is this correct????

 

[olded]

The execl function call isn't like system. execl must be used with the fork call:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <unistd.h>

/* perform a unix/linux ls command on argument 1 */
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
int pid;

 switch(pid=fork())
      {
      case -1:
         fatal("fork error 1");
      case 0:
         execl("/bin/ls","ls","-l",argv[1],NULL);
         fatal("exec call 1 ");
       }
 /* wait for child process to finish */
 while(wait((int *)0) != pid)
   ;

printf("ending fork\n");

}

int fatal(char str[])
{
printf("%s\n");
exit(1);
}