i have vlc (program to reproduce videos) if i type in a shell:
/home/vlc "/home/my movies/the movie i want to see.mkv"
it opens up an reproduces the movie.
however, when I run the following program:
#include <unistd.h>
int main(void) {
execl("/home/vlc", "/home/my movies/the movie i want to see.mkv",NULL);
return 0;
}
vlc opens up but doesn't reproduce anything. How can I solve this?
Things I tried:
I guessed
execl("/home/vlc", "/home/my movies/the movie i want to see.mkv",NULL);
was equivalent to typing in the shell:
/home/vlc /home/my movies/the movie i want to see.mkv
which doesn't work, so i tried
execl("/home/vlc", "\"/home/my movies/the movie i want to see.mkv\"",NULL);
and vlc opens up but doesn't reproduce either.
Instead of writing NULL at the end I tried 0, (char*) 0, 1 .... not helpful. Help!!!!
execl("/home/vlc",
"/home/vlc", "/home/my movies/the movie i want to see.mkv",
(char*) NULL);
You need to specify all arguments, included argv[0]
which isn't taken from the executable.
Also make sure the final NULL
gets cast to char*
.
Details are here: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/exec.html