Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/08/04/15:08:58.1
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999 zidharta AT geocities DOT com wrote:
> I wonder if anyone can explain to me how to use that function (spawnl())
It's described in the library docs. From the DOS prompt, type
"info libc alpha spawn" and read there.
> is it true that window95 using this techniques (spawning) to perform
> multitasking effect ... ?
Use `system', not `spawn', and invoke the other program via the
Windows program START. Like this:
system ("start myprog");
This runs myprog.exe in another DOS box. If you want to run it
minimized, use "start /m myprog".
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