execv ("/bin/touch", "/tmp/test123", NULL);

void get_path_exec(char cmd[50])

{

    char command[50] = {0} ; //full command with path included

    char *tempcmd = NULL;

    char *result = NULL; //path iterator

    char *com[] = {0}; //command with args, no path

    char *arg = NULL; //list of arguments, path and command excluded

    char delims[] = ":"; //path iteration delimiter

    char delims1[] = " "; //

    char * path; //variable to hold the full path delimited by ':'

    int pid, status; //process flow control

    int argcount = 0; //argumetn counter, where 0 is the command

   

    tempcmd=cmd; //assign to temp variable, so strtok doesn't ruin cmd

    path=getenv("PATH");

    if (path != NULL)

        printf("Path is %s \n", path);

    else exit(1);    

        

    arg = strtok( tempcmd, delims1 ); 

    com[0] = arg; //place the command into com[0]

    while( arg )

    {

          argcount++;

          arg = strtok(NULL,delims1);

          com[argcount] = arg;

          printf("arg is %s \n", arg);

        }

        argcount++;

        com[argcount]=NULL; //last value in args should be NULL, right?



    result = strtok( path, delims ); 

    while( result ) 

    {

       strcpy(command, "");

       strcat(command, result);

       strcat(command, "/");

       strcat(command,cmd);

       strcat(command,"\0"); //gather all parts of full path'd command - path, "/" and cmdname

//       printf("full command: %s \n\n", command);

       

       if (( pid = fork()) == 0 ) //create a new process

        {

            execv(command, com);

//below is a point I don't get

            printf("Something happened here, but what? %s \n Status is %d \n\n", result, status);

            exit(1);

        }

        else 

                {

           wait(&status);

           printf("Something else happened here %s \n Status after wait is %d", command, status);

           if (status != 0)

                printf("And something happened again? \n");

        }   

        result = strtok( NULL, delims );

    } 

}