Execute a process and return its standard output in VC++

Question

What\'s the easiest way to execute a process, wait for it to finish, and then return its standard output as a string?

Kinda like backtics in Perl.

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Answer 1

WinAPI solution:

You have to create process (see CreateProcess) with redirected input (hStdInput field in STARTUPINFO structure) and output (hStdOutput) to your pipes (see CreatePipe), and then just read from the pipe (see ReadFile).