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From: mday@ohs.UUCP (Matthew T. Day)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: execl()'ing batch files in DOS
Keywords: batch, execl, dos
Message-ID: <302@ohs.UUCP>
Date: 16 May 89 19:34:02 GMT
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Does anybody know if it's possible to execl() a batch file in DOS?  I am
using MicroSoft C v5.1, and using MS-DOS v3.30.  I have tried:

	execl("\command.com", "tryit.bat", NULL);

and perror() tells me "No such file or directory."  Any help or input would
be appreciated.
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