Issue with system()
Hi all,
In my code i am using system() function to execute the command which puts the job in background.the system() function executes the command and also it gets executed successfully .But there after none of the further statements get executed .I don't know the issue.Can any one help .
thanks in advance.
The rest of your C program won't run until the system() call finishes. The system() call won't finish until it gets a return value from the process you started. If you background that call.......
Depending on why exactly you wanted to background the process, there are better alternatives.
Thanks for your reply . The command is a start up of an application.It self it gets backgrounding and it is not taking too much time to execute.the thing which I want is to execute the command and come out for the further execution.Why it is blocking.
Last edited by karthigayan; 01-12-2011 at 10:50 PM.
The system() call will block until it receives a return value from the process that it spawned. So whatever you're doing to that spawned process, make sure it terminates normally.
