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From: racine@yunexus.yorku.ca (Jeff Racine)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Appending environment variable to system calls...
Summary: Wish to getenv() and append to system() call
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Date: 1 Apr 91 22:14:53 GMT
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I wish to be able to set an environment variable (the path to a file)
and then to execute a program using the system() function in the
following fashion:

	char *s;
	s=getenv("FOO");
	system("FOO/FUBAR");

or something like that. I am using Turbo-C running under MS-DOS, and
the manuals do not seem to help me :-).

I know this is a simple problem and that I am missing something
obvious (such as I should not be using the system() function). I would
really like some help on this approach (or rather the correct
aproach).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Jeff Racine        
racine@nexus.yorku.ca   
racine@yunexus.UUCP