From: "A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: system() with command line options
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 20:15:18 -0400
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Jonathan Swaby wrote:
> 
> I have a program that will need to run another program with some
> options. The program line looks like 
> success=system(test.exe -d c:\junk\); .

i am assuming you actually used quotation marks around the string,
otherwise this should not have compiled.

anyway, did you try specifying the full path for the executable? i do
not know if system inherits the path or starts with a clean one. or
maybe test.exe is not in the path to begin with?

   -- Sinan
 
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