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Command line commands with C

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c

windows-7

I'm sorry if this was covered before, but I can't find it anywhere on StackOverflow.

Basically I'm trying to run things that you usually run at a Windows command prompt:

msiexec /i file.msi /q

and other sort of commands from my C program. Is this possible?

Thanks.

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Qosmo Avatar asked Dec 23 '10 01:12

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1 Answers

In windows using the Win API ShellExecute will give you best control of your child process. However the other two methods mentioned by Dave18 and Pablo work as well.

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AndersK Avatar answered Oct 07 '22 01:10

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