CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c
dmyx
dmyx

Reputation: 21

make a program to run other program on C

I have a program that works like this

program1.exe program2.exe

I need to make it run like this

%USERPROFILE%\program1.exe program2.exe

How can that be done on C?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 62

Answers (1)

Hilton Fernandes
Hilton Fernandes

Reputation: 660

From what I could see, you're using Microsoft Windows.

There are (at least) two answers to your question, a simple one, and one tied to the Windows operating system interface, usually called Win32 API.

Let's use the simple one. If your prefer to have more control about the execution of the 2nd program, please comment.

#include <stdio.h>  /* printf() */
#include <stdlib.h> /* system() */

int main(int argc, char* const* argv) 
{
        int rv;

        if (argc < 2) {
                printf("Please inform the name of the program to execute.\n");
                return 1;
        }

        rv = system(argv[1]);

        printf("Program execution returned %d\n", rv);

        return 0;
}

Upvotes: 3

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