Van N. Sy wrote:
> How do I tell C to run an executable file located in my hard
> disk. I have a SUN SparcStation5 running under SunOS 4.1.4.
The standard C call is system(). It takes a command line as argument and
passes this to the command processor of your operating system (the UNIX
shell on
Van N. Sy wrote:
> How do I tell C to run an executable file located in my hard
> disk. I have a SUN SparcStation5 running under SunOS 4.1.4.
It depends upon what you mean by `run'. To change the executable which
is being run by the current process, you use the exec*() functions
(execl, execlp
If I understand right, you want to call an executable from within your
program?
For linux it is system, (I have never had the opportunity to play with a
Sun before)
>From the man page (abbreviated to prevent flaming):
NAME
system - execute a shell command
SYNOPSIS
#include
Not sure Van since I'm using Linux but it should be cc filename.c I think
and then type a.out to run it. It is even a.out if your using ELF.
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Van N. Sy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How do I tell C to run an executable file located in my hard
> disk. I have a SUN SparcStation5 running
