Run command line code from within my c code.

Hi all,

I'm very new to C programming, and currently working on an assignment for week 1 of class.

Trying to get a little ahead by figuring out a way to execute a command line code from within the C program I'm writing.

To be more precise, what I'm trying to do is to run a C program, type in some parameters, then compile a new file based on the parameters entered, and run the new file all in one go.

I would greatly appreciate it if someone could show me how this can be done!


I'm attaching the .c file...

system()

http://cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdlib/system/

Thanks! system () is really useful...

But I still can't get the second half of the code to compile a new file and run... any ideas??

Easier than downloading:

#include <stdio.h>

float amp;
int note;
int main()
{

// the part directly below is the "parameter input" part:
printf("Amplitude?: ");
scanf("%f", &amp);
printf("\nMIDI Note?: ");
scanf("%d", &note);


// after a couple of things are typed in, I need <CsoundSynthesizer> and
//</CsoundSynthesizer> and everything in between printed out and saved as
// a .csd file... and if possible, run, all of this in one process.

printf("<CsoundSynthesizer>\n");
printf("<CsInstruments>\n");
printf("sr = 44100\n");
printf("ksmps = 4410\n");
printf("kr = 10\n");
printf("nchnls = 1\n");
printf("instr 1\n");
printf("a1 oscil %f, %d, 1\n", amp,note);
printf("out a1\n");
printf("endin\n");
printf("</CsInstruments>\n");
printf("<CsScore>\n");
printf("f1 0 4096 10 1\n");
printf("i1 0 3\n");
printf("</CsScore>\n");
printf("</CsoundSynthesizer>\n");

return 0;
}

Quote:

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a .csd file

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You need to find out the way this file is formatted/structured (eg, plain text), then you can use fopen() and fwrite().

Trying to figure out fopen() and fwrite(), but not succeeding.

Can someone show me exactly how this would be done?

Not asking anyone to do my hw for me... this is actually a very, very simple rendition of what I'm working on for hw, and I'll be applying what I learn here to do much more.

Please post if anyone can help!

fopen, _wfopen (CRT)
fwrite (CRT)