Thread: Invoking DOS commands from C++

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    Invoking DOS commands from C++

    One quick question... how can I invoke some DOS commands from a C++ program ? Say I wanna do a "dir" or call some other executable from my C++ program. Is it possible ? How ?

    Thanks.

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    #include <cstdlib>





    int main()


    {


    System("dir"); // i forget if it is S or s in system on windows


    return 0;


    }

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    system not System
    Free the weed!! Class B to class C is not good enough!!
    And the FAQ is here :- http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/smartfaq.cgi

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    Thanks a lot ! That works ! But what if I wanna use the results for "dir" in my program ? Like how would I store a list of all the files and dirs in my program and then use it for some processing ?

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