Re: execve() x system()

From: Glynn Clements (glynn.clementsat_private)
Date: Sun Jun 24 2001 - 11:29:24 PDT

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Leonardo Chiquitto Filho wrote:

> I've made some tests with execve() and system()
> and now some questions stay open here. I think
> you can help me.
> I wrote a more friendly interface to useradd.
> The problem is, I call 'useradd user' with execve()
> and then getpwname(user).

Calling anything after execve() is pointless; execve() never returns.

system() involves fork/exec*/wait[pid] (plus some signal handling).

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Glynn Clements <glynn.clementsat_private>

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