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c++clinuxexecexecl

How can I run system commands in C/C++ using `execl()`, passing the function arguments only as a command line, not as an executable file?

I would like to execute this command in a C/C++ program: stat -c "%F %A %n" *filename goes here* The filename is stored in the main function's argv[1].

I tried it as execl("/bin/stat", "stat", "-c", "\"%F %A %n\"", "file", NULL);

How should the execl() command look like to achieve the result?

Solution

  • I found my problem. The stat command is located in /usr/bin instead of /bin.