C++ system() function — How to collect the output of the issued command?

Question

I\'m running some commands with the C++ system() function:

int system ( const char * command );

How can I collect the standard

Answer 1

I suggest the popen() functions, as said by other people as well, but this problem is platform specific. the popen() function is available on operating systems that use the POSIX API. I am not sure if this command would work on other APIs like WIN32