Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 12:15:34 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Geoff Cox <geoff DOT cox AT cableinet DOT co DOT uk>
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	Cox on Sat, 20 Oct 2001 09:00:38 GMT)
Subject: Re: hwo to run prog using "program files" etc ??
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> From: Geoff Cox <geoff DOT cox AT cableinet DOT co DOT uk>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 09:00:38 GMT
> 
> I am trying to run jre.exe which is in c:\program files etc but
> following compiles OK but when runs comes up with "bad command or file
> name" under Windows 98(SE) - any suggestions please?
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> 
> int main()
> {
> 
> char *call = "c:\\program files\\javasoft\\jre\\1.1\\bin\\jre.exe";
> system(call);

The string you pass to `system' should be the same string you would
type at the DOS prompt, including any required quote characters.  In
this case, since `Program Files' includes a blank, it needs to be
surrounded by quotes.  So you should use the following string in your
program:

 char *call = "\"c:\\program files\\javasoft\\jre\\1.1\\bin\\jre.exe\"";