system() without window

[okibi]

Does system() (within std.process) not work on linux? I was under the impression that it did.

I'll look into that, thanks!

Regan Heath Wrote:

> okibi wrote:
> > I tried your method for popen and i get "Symbol undefined" errors. I also tried this code:
> > 
> > extern (C) {
> > 	typedef void FILE;
> > 	FILE* popen(char* cmd, char* type);
> > 	int pclose(FILE* stream);
> > }
> > 
> > and get the same errors.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> Ahh, I was mistaken;  popen only works on UNIX.  You need to code up 
> something with CreateProcess.  I recall someone else posted a popen 
> implementation for windows once..
> 
> http://www.digitalmars.com/pnews/read.php?server=news.digitalmars.com&group=digitalmars.D&artnum=14470
> 
> Maybe that will help.
> 
> Regan