NAME¶

SDL_CreateProcess - Create a new process.

HEADER FILE¶

Defined in SDL3/SDL_process.h

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

SDL_Process* SDL_CreateProcess(const char * const *args, bool pipe_stdio);

DESCRIPTION¶

The path to the executable is supplied in args[0]. args[1..N] are additional arguments passed on the command line of the new process, and the argument list should be terminated with a NULL, e.g.:

const char *args[] = { "myprogram", "argument", NULL };
    

Setting pipe_stdio to true is equivalent to setting

SDL_PROP_PROCESS_CREATE_STDIN_NUMBER and

SDL_PROP_PROCESS_CREATE_STDOUT_NUMBER to SDL_PROCESS_STDIO_APP , and will allow the use of SDL_ReadProcess () or

SDL_GetProcessInput () and

SDL_GetProcessOutput ().

See SDL_CreateProcessWithProperties () for more details.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS¶

args

the path and arguments for the new process.

pipe_stdio

true to create pipes to the process's standard input and from the process's standard output, false for the process to have no input and inherit the application's standard output.

RETURN VALUE¶

( SDL_Process
*) Returns the newly created and running process, or NULL if the process couldn't be created.

THREAD SAFETY¶

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

SEE ALSO¶

•(3), SDL_CreateProcessWithProperties(3), •(3), SDL_GetProcessProperties(3), •(3), SDL_ReadProcess(3), •(3), SDL_GetProcessInput(3), •(3), SDL_GetProcessOutput(3), •(3), SDL_KillProcess(3), •(3), SDL_WaitProcess(3), •(3), SDL_DestroyProcess(3)