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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Running an editor from ANSI C
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 04:46:24 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 6 Jun 2024 03:47:04 +0100, Malcolm McLean wrote:

> On 06/06/2024 02:18, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 11:59:19 +0100, Malcolm McLean wrote:
>> 
>>> So I just call system with nano.
>> 
>> The trouble with system(3) is it requires a shell as an intermediary,
>> with consequent pitfalls involving command-line parsing.
>> 
>> More robust to use posix_spawn(3).
>>
> The concept is an ANSI C only shell.

Does ANSI C include functions for escaping shell specials?