Linux C ++上的系统命令失败

Question

In my program I am copying an executable file from one location to another, and then execute the copied file. When the copied file is executed I get a "permission denied" error. But if I restart my program then the file gets executed without a problem. Can someone please help me with the problem? The code below is simple, but demonstrates the problem.

void copyFile(string _from, string _to)
{
    std::ifstream  src(_from.c_str());
    std::ofstream  dst(_to.c_str());

    dst << src.rdbuf();
}

int main()
{
    string original("./exe_file");
    string dest_file("./exe_dir/exefile");

    system("./exe_dir/exefile");  //Fails on first run because exe_dir does not exist.

    //mkdir and copy the file.
    mkdir("./exe_dir",S_IRWXO | S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG);
    copyFile(original, dest_file);

    //Open the file and close it again to flush the attribute cache.
    int fd = open(dest_file.c_str(),O_RDONLY);
    close(fd);

    //The line below fails with system error code 2 (Permission denied) on exefile.
    return system("./exe_dir/exefile");
{

I used 'chmod 777 exe_file' on the original file before executing the program, and after running this program the destination also has the same access rights. I can execute it manually just fine. And every subsequent run of the program is successful. Why does it fail on the first run?

Answer 1

You should close file you've created.

See cplusplus.com: std::ifstream::close

Answer 2

Coderz, no idea what problems you are experiencing with your IDE but this works fine for me.

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;

void copyFile(string _from, string _to)
{
    std::ifstream  src(_from.c_str());
    std::ofstream  dst(_to.c_str());

    dst << src.rdbuf();
}

int main()
{
    string original("./exe_file");
    string dest_file("./exe_dir/exefile");

    system("./exe_dir/exefile");

    if (mkdir("./exe_dir", S_IRWXO | S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG))
        perror("mkdir");

    copyFile(original, dest_file);

    if (chmod("./exe_dir/exefile", S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO) == -1)
        perror("chmod");

    return system("./exe_dir/exefile");
}

Note that exe_file is a simple Hello World binary and the results are

sh: 1: ./exe_dir/exefile: not found
Hello World

where the copied file is

-rwxrwxrwx  1 duck duck 18969 May  9 19:51 exefile

within directory

drwxrwxr-x 2 duck duck   4096 May  9 19:51 exe_dir