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From: keck@nprdc.arpa (John Keck)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: execl()'ing batch files in DOS
Message-ID: <2434@arctic.nprdc.arpa>
Date: 13 Jun 89 18:18:54 GMT
References: <302@ohs.UUCP> <2896@buengc.BU.EDU> <948@hawkmoon.MN.ORG>
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In article <948@hawkmoon.MN.ORG> det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer) writes:
>In article <2896@buengc.BU.EDU>, bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
>> In article <302@ohs.UUCP> mday@ohs.UUCP (Matthew T. Day) writes:
>> >Does anybody know if it's possible to execl() a batch file in DOS?  
>
>I have had problems when exec()ing batch files.  It always hung my pc.
>
A batch file is a script which is interpreted by the shell. You exec the shell
specified by environment variable COMSPEC with the name of the file as an arg-
ument.  For COMMAND.COM, use the -C flag.  All of this is done for you by the
system() function.