如何从C ++程序执行命令行命令

Question

How can I execute the command line "asterisk -rx "reload"" in c++? Please help. I need an example. I am working on ubuntu server and I want to execute this command line from a user (inside a webservice).

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Answer 1

Sounds like a trivial use-case for the system() function:

system("asterisk -rx reload");

If you need very fine-grained control of the child process there are better ways, but this is simple to get going.

This call starts a shell (such as bash) to run the command, which is why I removed the quotes around reload ; they're pointless for a single word and will be removed by the shell and never seen by the started program, anyway.

Answer 2

system("asterisk -rx \\"reload\\"") would probably work, if you don't need standard output or error from the process.

If you need results from the process, here is an example of using C's popen() , or you could look at Boost.Process for a C++ approach.