execv()

[David Schwartz]

"Sam" <sam@sam.com> wrote in message
news:MZjNa.48264$nu3.41538@news.primus.ca...

> I'm wodering how to send email without system(). Can't figure out the way
> passing
> char *msgbody to /bin/mail in execv() in a linux box. any way to do it or
> have to use other command. My boss thinks system() is no good, btw.

Get a copy of any good book on UNIX programming. Read the section on
using pipes in conjunction with fork/exec. You can probably get away with
using 'popen'.

Comments like "system() is no good" are meaningless. Without citing a
specific problem or type of problem, he could mean that 'system()' is no
good for frying eggs.

DS

[Fritz M]

"David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> wrote:

> Comments like "system() is no good" are meaningless.

He might be concerned about potential security problems. system()
invokes the shell.

RFM
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[Villy Kruse]

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 15:33:48 +0000 (UTC),
Fritz M <news@m4s0n3r.n3+> wrote:

>"David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> wrote:
>

>> Comments like "system() is no good" are meaningless.

>
>He might be concerned about potential security problems. system()
>invokes the shell.
>

So he should have explained that. Most of us have lost the ability to
mind read long time ago.


Villy