To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com, jfs10 AT psu DOT edu
Date:	Sat, 12 Apr 1997 16:48:55 -0700
Subject:	Re: system() with command line options
Message-ID:	<19970412.165101.8606.3.bshadwick@juno.com>
From:	bshadwick AT juno DOT com (Ben N Shadwick)

>I have a program that will need to run another program with some
>options. The program line looks like success=system(test.exe -d
c:\junk\); .
>Where test is a self extracting archive. I am using rsxntdj djgpp v2 on
>a win95 machine. When this line is executed I get bad command or file
name.
>Running test.exe on its own works perfectly. Does anyone know what I am
doing wrong?
>I have looked thru the FAQ. My command line is under 126 characters, so
I don't
>think this is the problem. Any help would be great.

Try using forward slashes '/' instead of backslashes '\'. If that doesnt
work, try double backslashes "\\". C uses backslashes as part of escape
codes ("\n" etc.), so it's a little sensitive to them. Also, it may be a
unix thing too, since it uses forward slashes instead of backslashes like
DOS does.

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Ben Shadwick, Sysop, Mars Base BBS (360)882-0773, Vancouver, WA, USA
email: bshadwick AT juno DOT com
"I am now telling the computer EXACTLY what it can do with a lifetime
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