This is functionality beyond what's required by posix: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/popen.html
So for portability, programs are going to need to cope with this anyway. For a portable solution, see the glibc manual: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Pipe- to-a-Subprocess.html#Pipe-to-a-Subprocess ** Changed in: glibc (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- popen does not work bidirectionally in lInux https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
