how to run dos command programatically

how to run dos command by programming??
is there any examlpes?

thank you for helping.

look up system()

Try reading the FAQ

i am a new comer .......could you please tell me more about that?

thank you so much

Use system(). If I wanted to use the command "cd C:\WINDOWS" I would use system() like-

Code:

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system("cd C:\WINDOWS\")

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and it would change the current directory to C:\WINDOWS\.

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Originally posted by Jasonymk
i am a new comer .......could you please tell me more about that?

thank you so much

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More than how to follow a link?

>>system("cd C:\WINDOWS\")
Not very useful, in practical terms. It doesn't change the current working directory.

thank you so much!!

whne i build a new project for it, what should i made?
win 32 console application?

If you want it to be ran in the MS-DOS window then yes.

i have made a program as below:

Code:

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/*
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
    system("cmd.exe");       
    return 0;
}

*/

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the output is a comand prompt but not cmd.exe, but with the tilte testing.exe(testing, which is my project name), and i cant use system() to go back to c:/

what should i do?

>what should i do?
Explain what you are trying to do, think it through thuroughly, and try again ;)

at the beginning , i wanna start a acrobat distiller with c++, but is seems too difficult for me, then i found that i can use dos command to start the distiller in the dos prompt.

what i am trying to do is to write a program, which is used to start the distiller, and so serveral operations automatically once the program being ran.

and first i would like to try out out to use C++ to control the dos prompt. but fail.

for example, how to generate a dos prompt(cmd.exe) from a program?
i cant do so in the program i have post before, is ti because i have use the win32 console application?