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Executing an executable

Started by TheC00L1 Jun 4, 2006 at 1:02 AM 5 replies 650+ views

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Jun 4, 2006 at 1:02 AM

How does a person execute an executable in c++, i.e. run a program with in a prgram? Does it have to do wth the window shell? I was using _popen but it is iritating, and i feel like i'm using it wrong. Well, thanx in advance.

Enselic

Jun 4, 2006 at 1:08 AM

If you're running windows, use the system() call:

 system("C:\\Yada\\Yada.exe");

[Edited by - Enselic on June 4, 2006 1:08:56 AM]

wyrzy

Jun 4, 2006 at 1:11 AM

spawnl( P_NOWAITO, "program_name.exe", "program_name.exe", 0 );

should be POSIX standard. I believe it works on Win32/Unix.

TheC00L1

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TheC00L1

Jun 4, 2006 at 1:19 AM

oh, sw33t!!! hey, is there any libs needed for these(i don't have a compiler with me at the momment)?

LessBread

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LessBread

Jun 4, 2006 at 1:25 AM

See also CreateProcess and ShellExecute

Replicon

Jun 4, 2006 at 2:48 AM

There's also fork/exec (wait, I have more of a linux background, does windows have the concept of 'exec', where a process kills itself and executes something else, but with the same pid?)

LessBread

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LessBread

Jun 4, 2006 at 4:32 AM

Nope, not that I'm aware of.

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