Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/11/13/01:41:18
On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, Paul Koshevoy wrote:
> ins system(const char *) and int spawnl(int, char *, NULL)
> functions. The problem is when I spawn a child program with either of
> this functions the execution never gets back to parent . The child
> process terminates but the parent process does not resume.
So where does this leave your machine? Do you get the DOS command
prompt, or are you stuck and need a reboot, or what?
> Here is a part of my code :
>
> char * ext=filename[pos]->get_part2(0);
> if( !strcmp(ext,"bat") || !strcmp(ext,"BAT") || !strcmp(ext,"EXE")
> || !strcmp(ext,"COM") || !strcmp(ext,"exe") || !strcmp(ext,"EXE"))
> {
> panel1->kill();
> panel2->kill();
> int result=system(filename[pos]->get_filename());
> panel1->refresh();
> panel2->refresh();
> }
Is this a C++ program? If it's C, then you can't say "int i = system" in
the middle of a block. If this is a typo, please post the exact excerpt
from your source code (minor typos could obscure important clues to the
cause of your problem).
You might also consider writing a trivial 10-liner which calls `system'
with any string you like (which should work), then working your way back
from that trivial program to your code above to see what's different.
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