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[Ike]

msft - Creating a Child Process with Redirected Input and Output

"The example in this topic demonstrates how to create a child process using
the CreateProcess function from a console process. It also demonstrates a
technique for using anonymous pipes to redirect the child process's standard
input and output handles. Note that named pipes can also be used to redirect
process I/O."

[Ike]

so - Execute command using Win32

Having standard input:

[Ike]

so - Using ShellExecuteEx and capturing standard in/out/err

Use text editor and type dir > out.txt and save it with mybat.bat (*.bat, don't *.txt)
In your c/c++ program, type WinExec("mybat.bat", SW_HIDE); and run your application.
Open the out.txt you will see the name of folders and files in current directory.

[Ike]

so - winapi: CreateProcess but hide the process' window?

"If its just a console app you can also use the CREATE_NO_WINDOW flag as
part of the CreateProcess call itself."

[Ike]

betaarchive.com - HOWTO: Spawn Console Processes with Redirected Standard Handles

"This article describes how to redirect the input and output of a child process
that receives input from the standard input handle or sends output to the
standard output handle. The Win32 API enables applications to spawn a child
console process with redirected standard handles. This feature allows a parent
process to send and receive the input and output of the child process."