Re: Execute an OS command and capture output

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

On 13/11/2017 22:09, Victor Porton wrote:
> Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> 
>> On 2017-11-13 21:16, Victor Porton wrote:
>>> Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>>>
>>>> GTK is not Web-based. It is written in C.
>>>
>>> I meant that my software (not GTK) is Web based.
>>
>> Well, Web-based as browser side or web-based as server side. On the
>> server side you can do anything on the browser side basically nothing.
> 
> I mean server-based.

Therefore using GLib is no problem.

> I suspect, you doubt in vain. It is got from a very reputable source
> (SYSTEM.OS_LIB specification from GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS):
> 
> [[
> If the parent is using tasking, and needs to spawn subprocesses at
> arbitrary
> times, one technique is for the parent to spawn (very early) a particular
> spawn-manager subprocess whose job is to spawn other processes. The spawn-
> manager avoids tasking. The parent sends messages to the spawn-manager
> requesting it to spawn processes, using whatever inter-process
> communication
> mechanism you like, such as sockets.
> ]]

This is no explanation why such process is needed. There is no problem 
statement and no description of its solution.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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