Linux execlp in C++

Question

It is my first time with Linux, and I need to use this

execlp("/usr/bin/wget", "wget", <URL STRING1>, NULL) system call in C++ code,

I cannot find anywhere how it should be written in C++, need some help.

Thank you!

Maybe it will be useful: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8819135/execlp-multiple-programs — FacundoGFlores, Sep 18 '12 at 02:56

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 18 '12 at 02:57

1

execl("/usr/bin/wget","wget","http://stackoverflow.com/",NULL);

should do the job.

answered Sep 18 '12 at 02:57

mvds

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 18 '12 at 03:05

1

Include the unistd.h

#include <unistd.h> 

int main() {
    execlp("/usr/bin/wget", "wget", "http://www.google.com", NULL);

    return 0;
}

answered Sep 18 '12 at 03:05

J-16 SDiZ

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