char* getTextOfCommand(const char command[]){
//adds "> tempfile.txt" to the command string, executes it
//reads the file to a string, deletes the file, and returns the string.
char *holder;
char *TempCharPTR;
streamsize length;
DWORD result;
holder = new char[strlen(command)+40];
strcpy(holder,command);
strcat(holder," > tempfile.txt");
ofstream tempfile("tempBat.bat",ios::trunc);
tempfile << holder;
tempfile.close();
delete [] holder;
STARTUPINFOA si = { sizeof(STARTUPINFOA) };
si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
si.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
CreateProcessA(NULL,"cmd /C tempBat.bat",NULL,NULL,false,CREATE_NO_WINDOW,NULL,NULL,&si,&pi);
do
{
GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess,&result);
Sleep(50);
} while (result == STILL_ACTIVE);
TerminateProcess(pi.hProcess,0); //needed because I will hang at program exit otherwise
CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
Sleep(100); //give windows time to completely close the file before opening it
std::ifstream file("tempfile.txt",std::ios::in);
//
//Get the length of the string
//
file.seekg(0,std::ios_base::end);
length = file.tellg();
file.seekg(0,std::ios_base::beg);
//
//Allocate ram for buffer
//
holder = new char[length+1]; // 1 for the null term
//
//Dump the file to ram
//
TempCharPTR = holder;
while (file.get(*TempCharPTR)) {TempCharPTR++; };
*TempCharPTR = '\0';
file.close();
//Delete the temp file
Sleep(100); //make sure windows is done with the file from our last close before we delete it
system("del /q /f tempfile.txt");
system("del /q /f tempBat.bat");
return holder;
}