I have done programs that print themselves on execution,but is it possible for a c program to execute itself or another c program whose path is specified??
kris.c 0 Newbie Poster
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I have done programs that print themselves on execution,but is it possible for a c program to execute itself or another c program whose path is specified??
You mean executing another program from within a program?
Rashakil Fol 978 Super Senior Demiposter Team Colleague
Yes. Want to know how?
It's operating system specific, but one general option is to use the 'system' procedure. Or, if you're using a Unixy operating system and want more control over how things are done, look at execve and its friends ('fork' followed by 'execv' will start a new process. You'd have to understand how these work, which you can do by, um, reading documentation). (If you're looking at a Windows operating system, you can find documentation on its API online somewhere too.)
kris.c 0 Newbie Poster
thanks.. the system fuction sugeested does the job I needed
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