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/* buf is already defined i know this works, but im sure theres a better way, im new to C :]    data is also passed into the function    */FILE *ptr;                ptr = popen(data, "r");                while (feof(ptr) == 0)                        {                        char plbuff[4096];                        fgets (plbuff, len, ptr);                        strncat(buf, plbuff, len -strlen(buf) -1);