redirect stdin when using execl

[torsten]

In article <414 at sc50.UUCP> ron at sc50.UUCP ( Ron Winnacott ) writes:
>Hello net.
>
>Can anyone tell me how to redirect stdin when I use execl to 
>start a new program. The problem I am haveing is this, I am writing
>a C program that forks then execl's a new program, But I need to 
>use a redirect "<" in the execl call.
>
>execl("/bin/mail","mail","ron","<","/tmp/tfile",NULL);

	I think this should do it:
	execl("/bin/sh","sh","/bin/mail ron < /tmp/tfile",NULL);

	Or you have to redirekt your stdin after fork and befor
	execl to /tmp/tfile.

	Hope that helps,
			Torsten.
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