Cmd.exe

Hi there,

Please could someone tell me how I can execute/load a program from within a C program. What I really need is to be able to execute the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CMD.exe executable from within a C program.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. :)

Thanx, in advance,
TTAYO

using the system() function...

here's a program i'm working on, at the moment it works the same as the cmd.exe, check to see how it calls the commands:

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <strings.h>


int main(void)
{
    char comm[200];
    char cwd[100];
    char dir[200];
    int i,j;
                             
        while(1)
        {
        getcwd(cwd,100);
        printf("\n%s>",cwd);
        gets(comm);
        if(strlen(comm)>199)
            free(comm);
        if(strcmp(comm,"exit")==0||strcmp(comm,"quit")==0)
        {
            free(comm);
            free(cwd);
            return EXIT_SUCCESS;
        }
        if(comm[0]=='c'&&comm[1]=='d'&&comm[2]==' ')
        {
          j=3;
          for(i=0;i<strlen(comm);i++)
          {
              dir[i]=comm[j];
              j++;
          }
          chdir(dir);
        }
        else
        {
            system(comm);
        }
    }       
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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so if you would like to execute the cmd you could use the following code:

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
        char *command="cmd.exe";
        system(command);
        return 0;
}

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hope this helps ;)