Hi all! On 22/04/2020 16:55, David Laight wrote: > From: Bernd Petrovitsch >> Sent: 22 April 2020 17:32 > ... >> Apart from that, system() is a PITA even on >> single/non-threaded apps. > > Not only that, it is bloody dangerous because (typically) > shell is doing post substitution syntax analysis. I actually meant exactly that with PITA;-) > If you need to run an external process you need to generate > an arv[] array containing the parameters. FullACK. That is usually similar trivial ... MfG, Bernd -- There is no cloud, just other people computers. -- https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/stickers/thereisnocloud.svg