Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 17:32:21 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Target <blowek AT erols DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: exec*() vs. command line in dos
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On Sat, 18 Oct 1997, Target wrote:

> I'm writings a games frontend for a LAN that dowloads the game from the
> server than execuets it. The problem is with connecting to multiplayer
> in quake. It works find when the line is typed in dos, you can connect,
> but when I use system(), spawn*(), or exec*() it connects than your
> dropped.

Please explain more about how does that connection work in Quake.
What exactly is the program that you are invoking through `system' and
what does it do?