Hello
I want to run a program that executes another program. It takes the output
of that program as its input, processes it and prints the results. I am not
allowed to use intermediate files. Please suggest.
Hi,
look out for: ipc Inter-process communication - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, especially you might find pipes interesting.
hope this helps
What language? Is this a homework question? 
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Language? Program2 output example? Depending on the setup there are a
million ways to do this.
Good luck.
Cross_AM wrote:
> Hello
>
> I want to run a program that executes another program. It takes the output
> of that program as its input, processes it and prints the results. I am not
> allowed to use intermediate files. Please suggest.
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ab@novell.com wrote:
> Language?
The language I want to use is C. Basically, there is a program that provides
output on the stdout. I want to write another program to process that
output and show the results.
ken yap wrote:
> Is this a homework question?
It is not a homework question. I like trying things on my own. I thought
some work on this now could save me time later.
Monex wrote:
> you might find pipes interesting.
I know it can be done using piping in a shell script. I want to do in C.
Thank you.
By the way, I know that in JAVA I can do it using threads. However, I am not
able to find out how to do it in C. Suggest.
Thank you.
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Google-ing for ‘call program c’ gave me the following links:
http://www.gidforums.com/t-3369.html
http://bytes.com/forum/thread128071.html
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=101113&page=1
Good luck.
Cross_AM wrote:
> By the way, I know that in JAVA I can do it using threads. However, I am not
> able to find out how to do it in C. Suggest.
>
> Thank you.
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Pipes are also available in C. Look at this book at chapter for ipc Advanced Linux Programming In the book you find also how to use threads.
hope this helps
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> http://www.gidforums.com/t-3369.html
> http://bytes.com/forum/thread128071.html
> http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=101113&page=1
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> Good luck.
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Thank you. The links were helpful.
Monex wrote:
> In the book you find also how to use threads.
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I guess I need to do some study before I work on the program.