Thread: execlp function / digital mars compiler

Hey there.

I am trying to get the following code to execute another file. This code is for showing a software license. The license is divided into several files that are to be shown on the screen one after another. At the end, when everything is said and done, the user is suppose to be able to agree and confirm. After the final confirmation the function known as 'execlp' should be run. I am using Digital Mars to do this and it gives me the error of having an undeclared identifier.

The code below is suppose to be standard and for some
reason it will not work in Digital Mars and I am using it in a switch case menu. Please download the attachment to see the whole program.

Help. Thanks.

Claydan7



int execlp(
const char *testing,
const char *arg0,
const char *arg1,
NULL);

execlp is in the posix standard, not the C standard. If you are not on an OS that supports the posix standard (hint: DOS is not such an OS), then execlp is not available.

Tabstop,

I hear you. I read up on some stuff and I saw information about POSIX and so on and in a traditional sense you're right. However, execlp is in some things that I have found which have absolutely nothing to do with POSIX. Thank you for taking time to respond. I said all that to say, execlp is usable even in MS Visual Studio C++. I have discovered that all operating systems support execlp. Beyond that, I actually found my problem. Before I used Digital Mars, I used a shorthand line of code for that function in MS Visual Studio and it was the following: " execlp("testing",NULL); ". That line successfully executed another executable file known as " testing.exe ". Man, you would never guess what I was missing to create the same effect in Digital Mars Compiler. Are you ready.....
I was missing an underscore!!!!

Now the same line reads: " _execlp("testing",NULL); ".


Dino, don't worry about it, I got it bro. I thought what you said was funny though. I got a kick out it. I can just imagine facial expressions accompanying it.

Thanks guys.


Claydan7

Originally Posted by claydan7

Tabstop,

I hear you. I read up on some stuff and I saw information about POSIX and so on and in a traditional sense you're right. However, execlp is in some things that I have found which have absolutely nothing to do with POSIX. Thank you for taking time to respond. I said all that to say, execlp is usable even in MS Visual Studio C++. I have discovered that all operating systems support execlp. Beyond that, I actually found my problem. Before I used Digital Mars, I used a shorthand line of code for that function in MS Visual Studio and it was the following: " execlp("testing",NULL); ". That line successfully executed another executable file known as " testing.exe ". Man, you would never guess what I was missing to create the same effect in Digital Mars Compiler. Are you ready.....
I was missing an underscore!!!!

Now the same line reads: " _execlp("testing",NULL); ".

Hey you're right. For some reason I thought the MSCRT was missing the whole exec familly; I guess they're just missing fork, then?