On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 12:35:46PM -0800, Jamie Harrell wrote: > sprintf(buf, "ls %s/%s.* > accountownz", PLAYER_DIR, lookup_name); > system(buf);
Icky race condition. What happens if two people log in at once? > Pretty simple eh? Alright, now for the fun part.... I can check the file > (accountownz) on open for eof, however, in doing so, I lose a single > character to the check..... > (Which as far as I know in C, is required for an EOF check) > > So, I guess I'm asking, anyone have any tips for checking a blank file > where I wouldn't lose that head character? (as it is essential for strcmp > later > in the function) > > Or is there anyway to directly get the output from the system call into a > char* or something, where I could then just parse the information within the > code itself instead of having to write it to a file? See popen(3)
