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Execve() for executing external programs

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To execute external programs you should avoid functions like system() or popen() since they can be affected by the shell environment variables which issues serious security concerns. Instead, use execve().

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  1. #include <unistd.h>
  2. int main(int argc,char **argv){
  3.     execve("/bin/ls", &argv[0], NULL);
  4.     return 0;
  5. }

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