Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!telxon!gorpong
From: gorpong@telxon.uucp (Gordon C. Galligher)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: execl()'ing batch files in DOS
Summary: (use system() or execl("...", "...", "-c", "....", NULL);)
Keywords: batch, execl, dos
Message-ID: <53@telxon.UUCP>
Date: 18 May 89 17:34:04 GMT
References: <302@ohs.UUCP>
Sender: news@telxon.UUCP
Reply-To: gorpong@telxon.UUCP (Gordon C. Galligher)
Organization: Telxon Corporation, Akron Ohio
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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 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.

Try:  system("tryit.bat");	(Which will invoke whatever COMSPEC points to)
Try:  execl("\command.com", "command", "-c", "tryit.bat", NULL);
		This should work, but then you are forcing it to try to
		execute \command.com.  You should look at either:
			1).  The 'SHELL' environment variable
			2).  The 'COMSPEC' environment variable
		One of these is bound to point to the try command processor
		which you should execute (but no guarantees.....:-)


		-- Gordon.


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