Calling shell script from C++

Question

A shell script test.sh is called from C++ code by the command execl(“/system/bin/sh”,”sh”,”test.sh”)

After the execution of shell script i need to get back the control to C++, but the shell script is just exiting not executing the next instructions in C++ code

Answer

You want to use fork to create a child process before you exec:

pid_t pid;
if((pid = fork()) == 0)
    execl("/system/bin/sh","sh","test.sh");
int status;
waitpid(pid, &status, 0); // wait for child process, test.sh, to finish

Accepted Answer

You want to use fork to create a child process before you exec:pid_t pid;if((pid = fork()) == 0)    execl("/system/bin/sh","sh","test.sh");int status;waitpid(pid, &status, 0); // wait for child process, test.sh, to finish

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