hmm

[Shadow]

int main()
{
	int pgm;
	char inbuf [130];
	printf("Input file: ");
	gets(inbuf);
	scanf(inbuf, &pgm);
	system("&pgm");
	return 0;
}

Floating point formats not linked.
Abnormal program termination.

Where's the mix up?

[quzah]

What exactly are you trying to do?

1) gets(inbuf);

Never ever use gets.

2) scanf(inbuf, &pgm);

Again, what exacatly are you doing?
Do you know how to use scanf?

scanf( thisformat, thisvariable )

so, unless you're inputting like ... "%d""200" ... then your program won't work.

3) system("&pgm");

You realize that you're passing the string "&pgm" to your OS? Do you actually have a program called "&pgm" on your computer? If not, then this is not what you want. I will bet you any amount of money you want that this is not what you want.

4) return 0;

Hey, at least you have that right...

Quzah.

[Shadow]

I will bet you any amount of money you want that

Yes, I do. Programming is something I probably shouldn't be doing right now ( bare with me lol ). Yeah though, I want to pass whatever the use types ( whatever ) to the operating system.

[quzah]

> Yeah though, I want to pass whatever the use types (
> whatever ) to the operating system.

Which is not what you're doing. You're passing a string that is "&pgm". "&pgm" is nothing. It's not a variable. It's not the address of a variable. It's simply a string containing 4 characters (pluss null).

Assuming you read into a character array, called 'foo', you'd do:

system( foo );

The name of an array may be treated as a pointer. Thus, a character array who's name is 'foo', may be used as a pointer.

Quzah.