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    initialising a DOS program from a C enviroment

    I want to run a DOS program from within a C enviroment so when the user selects something from this C compiled program it instigates another program , say a Batch file that is already on the hard disk.

    How is this done?

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    What about Simple Dos Commands

    If i wanted to copy a series of dos files onto a FDD how would I write the copy command into my program? i.e. how to Implement DOS commands into my code such as copy, format, scandisketc?

    is there any way of making the files I want to copy into *.dat files so people are unable to see the indivdual files from explorer?

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    Well, if you wanted to, you could use System to do all of those...

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    You can use the system() command. Not a portabel solution but it works

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    encrypting a DOS file

    youre right, that does work. But by opening the root of the drive im copying from, the user can see the files which I want to copy.

    Is there any way of converting them so they form a DATA file. That way, the user is unable to see the files I want to copy.

    Hope you understand what I mean.

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