Получено с форумов cplusplus.com, простой вызов GetSystemOutput("/usr/bin/lsb_release -a")
работает.
char* GetSystemOutput(char* cmd){
int buff_size = 32;
char* buff = new char[buff_size];
char* ret = NULL;
string str = "";
int fd[2];
int old_fd[3];
pipe(fd);
old_fd[0] = dup(STDIN_FILENO);
old_fd[1] = dup(STDOUT_FILENO);
old_fd[2] = dup(STDERR_FILENO);
int pid = fork();
switch(pid){
case 0:
close(fd[0]);
close(STDOUT_FILENO);
close(STDERR_FILENO);
dup2(fd[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
dup2(fd[1], STDERR_FILENO);
system(cmd);
//execlp((const char*)cmd, cmd,0);
close (fd[1]);
exit(0);
break;
case -1:
cerr << "GetSystemOutput/fork() error\n" << endl;
exit(1);
default:
close(fd[1]);
dup2(fd[0], STDIN_FILENO);
int rc = 1;
while (rc > 0){
rc = read(fd[0], buff, buff_size);
str.append(buff, rc);
//memset(buff, 0, buff_size);
}
ret = new char [strlen((char*)str.c_str())];
strcpy(ret, (char*)str.c_str());
waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
close(fd[0]);
}
dup2(STDIN_FILENO, old_fd[0]);
dup2(STDOUT_FILENO, old_fd[1]);
dup2(STDERR_FILENO, old_fd[2]);
return ret;
}