c++ system commands

Question

Hello All,
What is the way to posses data made by system() function in C++ to program's variable and process it next? Is it only possible to prepare system's function direct to file and then read from the file? For example:: system( "ping 192.168.1.1 >> file.txt"); then read from file...
Can I omit creating temporary file?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

This link is probably applicable: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/478898/how-to-execute-a-command-and-get-output-of-command-within-c-using-posix

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

As far as not creating a temporary file you could use a macro.

Answer 3

I'll explore handles and windows.h library