RE: [Boost-users] Feature for using C++ as script language

From: Persson Jonas (jonas.persson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-12 06:13:36

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]
> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]]On Behalf Of Jeff Garland
> Sent: den 11 augusti 2004 17:19
> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Feature for using C++ as script language
> 
> 
> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:33:50 -0300, Maurício wrote
> > Hi,
> > 
> >    After I discovered Boost, which has regex and filesystem 
> > libraries, I decided to use C++ for tasks that I usually do with 
> > Ruby (a Perl-like language), because I know C++ a lot better than 
> > other languages. However, there's a feature of those languages I 
> > miss: the ability to call external programs and get the output as a 
> > string. Does any of Boost libraries (or other free libraries you 
> > know) have this capability?
> 
> There isn't a boost library, but it would be a nice addition. 
>  Turns out the
> 'system' call is available on both windows and unix so you 
> can do something
> like this:
>   
>   #include <stdlib.h>
> 
>   std::string command = "...your command here..."
>   std::string tmpfile_name("...your temporary file name here...");
>   std::string cmd = command + "> " + tmpfile_name;
>   system(cmd.c_str());
>   std::ifstream output(tmpfile_name.c_str());
> 
> Of course this has many limits an issues. If you want 
> something more formal
> pstreams might work for you:
> 
> http://pstreams.sourceforge.net/
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Jeff
> 

Another one is here:
http://libexecstream.sourceforge.net/

        / Jonas