osx - How do I save data to the clipboard on MacOSX in C -

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i'm attempting work around nasty problem involves being locked down in cups printing service filter. application unable write outside of it's domain filter program. & wanted give saving string clipboard go, out of program , readable another. exchange happen user won't know occurred.

so way write xdata x clipboard on osx in c?

mike

as far can tell, os x provides interface clipboard functions in objective c, not plain c.

however, can open pipe pbcopy command line utility follows:

#include <stdio.h> int main() {   file *p = popen("/usr/bin/pbcopy","w");   fprintf(p,"hello world");  /* << copy clipboard */   pclose(p);   return 0; }