From: pjfarley AT dorsai DOT org (Peter J. Farley III)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Making system calls in DJGPP???
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 1997 05:51:32 GMT
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ckeenan AT scsn DOT net (Chris) wrote:
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>How can I get it to run
>
>system("program.bat");
>
>where program.bat is simply program.exe -1 -2??

Chris,

I think that you have to run the .BAT-file interpreter, COMMAND.COM,
to do that.  Try this:

system("c:\\command.com /c program.bat");

"c:\\command.com /c" will run the .BAT file for you, which will run
program.exe -1 -2 for you.  Note, you need the "\\" to generate a real
"\" in the contents of the string.  Otherwise, you get a warning about
"unknown escape sequence \c" whan you compile it, and it won't do what
you think it should do.

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