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| From | ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Command line globber/tokenizer library for C? |
| Date | 2024-09-12 03:56 +0000 |
| Organization | loft |
| Message-ID | <lkf72pFd61U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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In article <87r09py23h.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com>,
Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
>ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) writes:
>> In article <87cyl9zx14.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com>,
>> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) writes:
>>>> In article <vbsmlb$3o6n2$1@raubtier-asyl.eternal-september.org>,
>>>> Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>Am 11.09.2024 um 16:59 schrieb Kenny McCormack:
>>>>>> In article <vbs1om$3jkch$1@raubtier-asyl.eternal-september.org>,
>>>>>> Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Do you think it would make sense to switch the language ?
>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you think it would make sense to pay attention to the "Newsgroups" line
>>>>>> in your header before clicking "Send"?
>>>>>
>>>>>I just wanted to suggest a simpler language.
>>>>>Compare that with a manual implementation of the same in C.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, I appreciate that, but it does have to be C.
>>>
>>>We could help you more effectively if we understood your requirements.
>>>
>>>Why exactly does it have to be C?
>>>
>>>What system or systems do you need to support? (I asked this before and
>>>you didn't answer.)
>>>
>>>If you only care about Windows, for example, that's going to affect what
>>>solutions we can offer; likewise if you only care about POSIX-based
>>>systems, or only about Linux-based systems.
>>>
>>>It might also be useful to know more about the context. If this is for
>>>some specific application, what is that application intended to do, and
>>>why does it need to do tokenization and globbing?
>>
>> This would be for work, so I am limited in what I can say about it, but
>> it has to be in C because it is would be a C callout from a GT.M mumps
>> process. GT.M stores the command line tail (everything it doesn't need
>> to get a program running) in the special variable $ZCMDLINE which can
>> be passed to a callout. I would like to parse that string as the
>> shell does a command line. Basically, if it isn't a C library that
>> is commonly available through Linux package managers I probably can't
>> use it. In the end this is a "nice to have" and I have a q&d approach
>> that I will probably use.
>
>Since you mentioned Linux package managers, I presume this only needs to
>work on Linux-based systems, which means you can use POSIX-specific
>functions. That could have been useful to know earlier.
>
>And you might consider posting to comp.unix.programmer for more
>system-specific solutions.
>
>Earlier I suggested using system() to pass the string to the shell.
>That wouldn't work on Windows, but it should be ok for your
>requirements. There are good reasons not to want to do that, but "there
>might not be a POSIX shell available" apparently isn't one of them.
>
>I'd also suggest nailing down your exact requirements; "as the
>shell does" is inexact, since different shells behave differently.
>
>Suggested reading:
>https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html
>
>--
>Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
>void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */
Thank you. system() would not work as I don't want to execute
anything, just parse into an argv-like array.
I appreciate the responses, but it looks like I will be staying with
my q&d approach for now.
--
columbiaclosings.com
What's not in Columbia anymore..
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