Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 17:29:56 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Vlad S. wrote:

> How could I possibly make two programs run at the same time? (i.e. in
> Windows two different windows/programs can be executed and both will work at 
> the same time)

To start a program foo.exe in another DOS box on Windows, use this:

	system ("start foo.exe");

> Another related question to make is how can I display a clock in a C program 
> that works *while* the program performs other tasks? (i.e. in
> an RPG the user has one hour to disarm a bomb:  the clock is displayed above 
> while the user can input commands, etc.)

Use signal SIGALRM and the setitimer library function.  They are 
documented in the library reference.