How to avoid gnome-terminal close after opening it from C++?

Question

I am opening a gnome-terminal using the following code as advised here:

system("gnome-terminal -e \"bash -c \"echo foo; echo bar; exec bash\"\"");

But the terminal does not remain open. What should I do?

Answer 1

Try

system("gnome-terminal -e \"bash -c \'echo foo; echo bar; exec bash\'\"");

The commands after bash -c needs to be in single quotes. At least it worked for me then.