Thread: How to hide output in a console

I was wondering how I could hide output from a console window. I'm creating a newsupdating script and use:

Code:

system ("ftp -s:filename.txt");

to upload the file, but I want to hide the output of the ftp program.. And only show "Uploaded successfully" when the file has been uploaded..

I have no idea where to start.. I'm a beginner so, help is very welcome..

Perhaps use something other than the system command. ShellExecute or CreateProcess might work better for you if you're on Windows.

Look in the FAQ for running a program from another program. It has other ideas and examples beyond system that might work for you.

Code:

system ("ftp -s:filename.txt > nul:");

That will redirect any output to stdout to NUL: which is "nowhere".

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Mats

thanks alot!

I think popen() would also do the job. I haven't used it much yet, but you could give it a try.

or simply try @ before the command. that works in batch files, at least

hmm, so I could call a batchfile too.. not that it's very usefull lol. I will try if it works in C++ too.. Thanks