• command() is a small but powerful FOSS C++ function.
• Its formula is basically: system()-like syntax + fork()/exec() safety = command()
• Designed to provide an easy, readable, shell-free way to run system commands.

While developing my project pacostrap, I realized:

• system() is too risky due to shell injection.
• fork() and exec() are safe, but painful to read and write.

So I wrote my own wrapper — command() — a minimal, readable and safe way to execute commands.

#include <iostream> // for cout, main, return function #include <string> // for string valuable #include "command.hpp" // for my own super duper awesome command function int main() { std::cout << "Enter directory:\n"; std::string directory; std::cin >> directory; command("ls -a " + directory); return 0; }

This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3 (AGPLv3). Allowed License Reuse: You may reuse this function in projects that are licensed under copyleft (strong or weak) licenses, such as:

• GNU GPLv2, GPLv3, AGPLv3, LGPLv2, LGPLv3
• SSPL
• EUPL
• CeCILL v2.1
• OSL
• RTPL
• MPL
• Not Allowed Without Permission: Projects using non-copyleft permissive licenses (MIT, BSD, Apache) If you want to use command() in such a context, please contact me at: 8.000.000zimbabwe_dolar@protonmail.com I do not support the use of my code by corporations that exploit FOSS or contribute to closed platforms like macOS or FreeBSD. I believe in software freedom — not as a business model, but as a moral stance.
  If that makes me "less pragmatic", so be it.