Re: Recovering msgs from system() or fork() with Gtk+

[G Hasse <gh raditex se>]

On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Patrice St-Gelais wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I want to be able to start any command / application that could be given
> by the user from a gtk+ application:
>
> (1)    The task must be independant from parent gtk+ app, so that the
> user can continue the use the parent;
>
> (2)    I want to recover the error message, when the user gives a not
> executable string, so that I can display it in a Gtk window.

This problem is not specifically a Gtk problem but a problem
on how processes communicate.

You should read chapter 14.2 and onwards in Richard Stevens book
"Advanced programming in the Unix Environment" ISBN 0-201-56417-7
where he explains this in great detail.

Göran Hasse

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