Could someone help me with command execution in my code when creating a shell?

The basic problem is to design and implement a basic shell interface that supports the execution of other programs and a series of built-in functions.

Once the shell understands what commands to execute it is time to implement the execution of simple commands. Since the execution of another program involves creating another process, you will have to use the fork() system call to create another process. Once you have created the new child process, that process must use the execvp() system call to execute the program. Finally, the parent (shell) process must wait for the child process to complete before releasing the childs resources using the waitpid() system call. However, the execvp() system call may return if there is an error. If it does, your shell should print an error, reset, and prompt for new input.

I am also trying to modify the prompt so that it displays the current working directory before the $ sign and make the prompt a different color.

Here is my code:

#include #include #include #include #include

#define MAX_LINE 80

int main() { char str[100]; char *p; char *args[MAX_LINE/2+1]; int count=0,pid,i; printf("$ "); fgets(str, 120, stdin); while(strcmp(str, "exit ")!=0) { if(strcmp(str,"help ") == 0) { printf("enter Linux commands, or exit to exit "); printf("$ "); }

else { //fgets(str, 1000, stdin); printf("$ "); count=0; //fgets(buff,sizeof(buff),stdin); //eliminate /n in buff str[strlen(str)-1]='\0'; //printf("%s ",buff); //alocate memory for 10 array of strings for(i = 0; i < 10; i++) { args[i] = (char*)malloc(20*sizeof(char)); } //now make a argument list and add to string array p=strtok(str," "); if(p == NULL) break; strcpy(args[count++],p); } //after building list of commands , execute command using execvp , for that create child process args[count]=NULL; pid = fork(); if(strcmp(str,"exit") == 0) { exit(0); } //child process if(pid == 0) { //execvp(args[0],args); if(strcmp(str,"help") == 0) { exit(0); } execvp(args[0],args); perror("ps error: "); printf("After execvp failed "); exit(0); } //Parent process else { //wait for chidl to finish wait(0); //printf("Finished executing user command %s ",buff); if(strcmp(str,"exit") == 0) { exit(0); } str[0]='\0'; count=0; *args=NULL; } }

fflush(stdin); fgets(str, 1000, stdin); } }