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Sending a string into system() command fails
Does anyone know how to pass string data to the system() call?
For instance:
string CommandLine = "ls -la";
system(CommandLine);
seems to fail when compiling with:
mix.c:52: error: cannot convert 'std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >' to 'const char*' for argument '1' to 'int system(const char*)'
Any thoughts? Thanks!
For instance:
string CommandLine = "ls -la";
system(CommandLine);
seems to fail when compiling with:
mix.c:52: error: cannot convert 'std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >' to 'const char*' for argument '1' to 'int system(const char*)'
Any thoughts? Thanks!
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