How can I run another program from my c program in Windows 7? I am using dev-c++. This is my code:
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
int main( void ) {
int result ;
result=system("C:\Dev-Cpp\devcpp.exe\s");
printf("%d",result);
getch();
}
You will have to escape the backslashes in your call to system(). I'm also not sure what the trailing \s is for but it's probably a mistake. Try:
result=system("C:\\Dev-Cpp\\devcpp.exe");
the \ character has a special meaning when it is combined with the character after it. \n for example indicates a newline. In a string literal you need to write \\ to indicate you mean a literal backslash.
alternatively look at CreateProcess in the windows API for more control of the running process, especially if you don't want to block until it finishes.
