exicut_file_in_c

[skyspy]

hi friends,
Can any one tell me how to execute an executable file
like test.exe by c programme.


-aakash

 

[Richard Bos]

Can any one tell me how to execute an executable file
like test.exe by c programme.

RTFFAQ: <http://c-faq.com/osdep/system.html>.

HTH; HAND.

Richard

 

[Richard Heathfield]

skyspy said:

hi friends,
Can any one tell me how to execute an executable file
like test.exe by c programme.

See "The C Programming Language", 2nd edition, by Kernighan and Ritchie,
page 167, or "C - A Reference Manual", 4th edition, by Harbison and Steele,
page 407.

 

[August Karlstrom]

Can any one tell me how to execute an executable file
like test.exe by c programme.

#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
system("test");
return 0;
}


August

 

[Richard Heathfield]

August Karlstrom said:

#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
system("test");

On some systems, that will fail, even if test.exe is available for such use,
because "test" is not necessarily a synonym for "test.exe".

 

[Kenny McCormack]

August Karlstrom said:


On some systems, that will fail, even if test.exe is available for such use,
because "test" is not necessarily a synonym for "test.exe".

Yes, and on some systems, it will fail because you run out of disk space
while trying to compile it.

Thus showing the idiocy of this "It must be guaranteed to run
everywhere, everytime, or else it is crap" mentality.