Re: Shell calls without stopping the calling programme

From: Siemel Naran (SiemelNaran_at_REMOVE.att.net)
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 17:02:35 GMT

"Pekka Jarvela" <pekkajarvela@email.com> wrote in message

> If I put in my C++ (Visual Studio) a shell call
>
> system("notepad file.txt");
>
> which opens a Notepad window with file.txt, there is a problem that
> the programme stops as long as Notepad window is open. Is there a way
> to make shell calls so that they don't stop the actual programme?

This is the limit of standard C++. The behavior of std::system is platform
dependent.

You can try: the spawn and exec functions in process.h, and othe other
variations people in this thread posted. If you want to know more, write to
a Windows or DOS or UNIX newsgroup.

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