Question

I wrote a program that simulate the bash command in Linux, in C.
It works perfectly with inputs from the keyboard, meaning:

• application > file: redirect stdout of app to file(write output to file)
• application < file: redirect stdin of app from file (read input from file)
• application >> file: redirect stdout of app to file (append output to file)
• app1 | app2: redirect stdout of app1 to stdin of app2
• app &: means that app should be executed in the background

All these work, when I enter the command from the keyboard, as mentioned above.

In order to complete my assignment, I need to add one more element, which is
redirection from a file. Meaning, if my program is called bashSimulator, then
if I do this:

bashSimulator < fileWithCommands

then my program needs to get all the commands from the fileWithCommands and execute them.

I have no idea how to do the redirection from a file.

Answer 1

You read the commands from stdin instead of from a batch file or interactively from the user. Use isatty(3) to figure out if this is the case.