Thread: system() arguments?

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    system() arguments?

    What does the system(); command take as an argument? I tried string, but that doesn't exactly work. An array maybe?
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    It takes a character array.
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    If you have a string just use .c_str():

    std::string command("pause");
    system(command.c_str());

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    Thumbs up Thanks!

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