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    opening a batch file from c++

    Hi, I was wondering how to open a bat file at the end of a program. we'll say the file was test.bat, and it was in c:\ ... any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by twomers
    Hi, I was wondering how to open a bat file at the end of a program. we'll say the file was test.bat, and it was in c:\ ... any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!
    What means open ?
    if you mean run
    Code:
    system("c:\\test.bat");
    Kurt

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    that's perfect Kurt!!! thanks a mil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    It depends on what you want to do.
    Code:
    #include <iostream> //cout
    #include <fstream> //ifstream, ofstream
    #include <string>
    using namespace std;
    
    
    int main()
    {
    	//read from file:
    	ifstream inFile("C:\\TestData\\test.bat");
    	if(!inFile)
    	{
    		cout<<"couldn't open file"<<endl;
    		return 1;
    	}
    	
    	string str;
    	inFile>>str;
    	cout<<str<<endl;
    	
    	inFile.close();
    
    	//append text to the end of the file:
    	ofstream outFile("C:\\TestData\\test.bat", ios::app);
    	
    	outFile<<endl<<"some text";
    
    
    	return 0;
    }

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    For system() you need to include <cstdlib>.

    If you want to run it in a seperate DOS window, you can usually use
    Code:
    system("start test.bat");
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