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daniel Graham
daniel Graham

Reputation: 21

Is it possible to include a shell script in a C program

I've been successful in writing a C program that copies files from one directory to another and I'm trying to write one that copies directories and sub-directories to another directory.

I've equally been able to write a shell script that copies directories and sub-directories from one location to another.

So, I wish to ask if it is possible to include a shell script into a C program so I won't have to spend time writing another C program to copy directories and sub-directories.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 273

Answers (1)

A.N
A.N

Reputation: 551

Yes its definately possible to call shell scripts or other scripts/executables from C using system(..) function call. Check system(3).

For the given task of copying directories and subdirectories you can easily code it in C using opendir(), readdir(), and other API's.

Check Copy directory recursively in pure C on Linux/UNIX for more details

Upvotes: 2

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