liblauch

liblauch is a simple library enables you you launch another program from within a program.
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  • GPL
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  • Publisher Name:
  • Roland Smith
  • Publisher web site:
  • http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/software/#libar

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liblauch is a simple library enables you you launch another program from within a program. liblauch is a simple library enables you you launch another program from within a program. It handles the intricacies of fork(2) and execve(2) for you.It returns a couple of pipes that are connected to the launched program's stdin and stdout. It also contains a function to terminate the launched program.BUILDING THE LIBRARYInvoking the "make" command gives you a list of all possible options.The usual invocation for a system-wide installation of the library would be to do "make all", "make test", login as root, and then do a "make install".Alternatively you can embed the library in your own program, by sticking it into a subdirectory, and invoking "make static" there.USING THE LIBRARYSee the manual pages launch_program.3 and kill_program.3 on how to use the functions.


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