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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:14:18 -0400
From: Ethan Rosenberg <ethros AT earthlink DOT net>
Subject: Re: Exiting from system()
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At 03:48 AM 9/21/2008, you wrote:

>On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Ethan Rosenberg 
><<mailto:ethros AT earthlink DOT net>ethros AT earthlink DOT net> wrote:
>Dear List -
>
>Thanks for all your excellent help in the past.
>
>I wish to write the following type of program:
>
>#include <stdlib.h>
>#include <stdio.h>
>
>int main(void)
>
>{
>        system(prog1);
>        system(prog2);
>
>}
>
>If prog1 terminates with an exit value of 1, which will indicate an 
>error condition in prog1, I do not wish that prog2 should run.  How do I do it?
>
>Thanks again.
>
>Ethan Rosenberg
>
>
>int main(void)
>{
>    if (system(prog1) == 0)
>       system(prog2);
>}
>

Gerrit -

Wonderful, it works.

Thank you ever so much.

Now I do not have to "baby sit" my computer while it analyses 115 data files!

Ethan