Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 20:24:38 -0700 (PDT)
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To: triquet AT fil DOT univ-lille1 DOT fr, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: relocating and launching a program
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At 02:52  9/22/1997 GMT, triquet frederic wrote:
>Hi there,
>I would like to know whether it is possible (if yes then how,if
>no then why) to load a program in memory, relocate it, run it
>and then go on with the first prog (just as a function call).
Huh? I don't understand what you mean by relocate. All the other stuff works
just fine.
>
>I presently use 'system("my_prog.exe");' but I would like to
>call an extern prog in an other way.
Is there something wrong with system()?  The other option is spawn*(), read
about it in the libc docs.

spawnlp(P_WAIT,"my_prog.exe","my_prog.exe" /* , other args */);

>
>Last, is it possible if "my_prog.exe" is a real-mode prog ?
Yes. No changes are needed.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net