Re: [Boost-users] [process] How to exec multiple shell commands

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [process] How to exec multiple shell commands
From: dhruva (dhruvakm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-17 22:31:27

As a work around, could those 2 commands be wrapped in a batch file
and invoked? You can place the batch file in some convenient folder
that does not require complex back quoting.

-dhruva

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Ilya Sokolov <ilyasokol_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Konstantin Litvinenko ÐÉÛÅÔ:
>>
>> Ilya Sokolov ÐÉÛÅÔ:
>>>
>>> Konstantin Litvinenko wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>  I have successfully used boost.process but now stuck with a problem. I
>>>> need to execute 2 commands in one shell invocation. Both windows and linux
>>>> allow do that, but I can't figure out how to do it with help of
>>>> boost.process. Is there interface to do that?
>>>>
>>>> PS. I am using old boost.process. I have download process-is-0.4.zip
>>>> from the vault and didn't find solution for my problem.
>>>
>>> Try this (untested):
>>>  launch_shell("echo first & echo second", context());
>>> You can also use && and ||
>>
>> Thenx, Ilya, but this is not a solution because it is not posible to
>> invoke:
>>
>> launch_shell("\"\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio
>> 8\\VC\\bin\\vcvars32.bat\" && cl.exe /c .\main.cpp -Fo.\bin\main.obj\"",
>> context());
>
> Try to remove one pair or quotes (untested again):
> launch_shell("\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 8\\VC\\bin\\vcvars32.bat\" && cl.exe /c .\main.cpp -Fo.\bin\main.obj",
> context());
>
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