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When I use the system() command a dos prompt pops up. How can I supress this dos window?

Why use system to do stuff when you can use better functions, like those mentioned in
http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284392

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Originally Posted by Shakti

Why use system to do stuff when you can use better functions, like those mentioned in
http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284392

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Ok I want to send a command to the cmd.exe and get the output back. What function would you use to do this?

Try _popen() - it works much like fopen()

Also, which command are you trying to read the output of?
If it's something like "dir", then there are better alternatives.

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Originally Posted by Salem

Try _popen() - it works much like fopen()

Also, which command are you trying to read the output of?
If it's something like "dir", then there are better alternatives.

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Any ;) That what the user inputs in my programm should go to the cmd.exe the output back to my programm.

OK works fine, but the dos box still pops up :(

You can use win32 api function CreateProcess() which has an option disable the command window, but it works more like system() than _open().