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To: Babu Arunachalam who wrote (2205)4/6/2000 12:58:00 AM
From: JC Jaros  Respond to of 2615
 
Babu- Try clicking on news:comp.unix.shell or entering it in your browser's URL typerupperthing. Surely someone will be able to answer your question there. -JCJ



To: Babu Arunachalam who wrote (2205)4/6/2000 7:35:00 PM
From: Mitch Blevins  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2615
 
You can't get there directly. You cannot call C functions
directly from a bourne shell.

Instead, compile a small C-program that passes thru your
string from the command line (and hence, also from bourne).

main(int argv, char** argv) {
/* omitting error checking */

the_c_function_i_wanted_to_call(argv[1]);

}

Compile this program, and move it to your /usr/local/bin.
From there, you can call it from a shell.

Another alternative is to use perl or python instead, and
recompile them to include your C-function in a custom
module.

-Mitch



To: Babu Arunachalam who wrote (2205)4/6/2000 10:06:00 PM
From: E. Charters  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2615
 
main()

CDECL outside_functions_that_does_something_I_want( ).

outside_etc(do something outside); # see prototype

duh -uh I dunno. gotta look it up.

did you ever try 'man shell scripts' or something like that?

EC<:-}


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