Message-ID: <365A155D.3DB@tisd.net> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:09:33 -0600 From: Scott Guilbeaux X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: getting started References: <73cifb$gqm$1 AT clam DOT niwa DOT cri DOT nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.243.122.137 X-Trace: 23 Nov 1998 21:09:45 -0600, 207.243.122.137 Lines: 16 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com In response to your second question >> Here's a little program that will spawn another program #include int main(void) { execlp("progname", "progname", "param1", "param2", "param3", 0); } You can use as many or few parameters as you want. I'm sure there are better ways to do it. But that's what I use to run Java programs without having to open a prompt and typing the interpret command line. Scott G.