Re: Running an editor from ANSI C

On Thu, 6 Jun 2024 03:47:04 +0100, Malcolm McLean wrote:

On 06/06/2024 02:18, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 11:59:19 +0100, Malcolm McLean wrote:
 

So I just call system with nano.

 
The trouble with system(3) is it requires a shell as an intermediary,
with consequent pitfalls involving command-line parsing.
 
More robust to use posix_spawn(3).
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The concept is an ANSI C only shell.

Does ANSI C include functions for escaping shell specials?