RE: [Dev-C++] opening files in c

[<Mat...@Ve...>]

OK,

Your terms are mixed up. In C/C++, opening a file means getting it ready to
be read and/or written from/into by your code.

Open does _not_ mean to execute a file. For executing a file, you need
system() which is in <cstdlib>.

-----Original Message-----
From: dev...@li...
[mailto:dev...@li...]On Behalf Of daniel
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 2:59 PM
To: Dev...@li...
Subject: [Dev-C++] opening files in c


Hello,
        I am writing a program which asks the user whether they want to
execute (open) a batch file or not. 
I tried using the fopen function but it seems to only enable you to write to
a file or read from a file (e.g. calculate the number of words in a given
file). 
What I want to do is open an external file. Is there a command for this? 
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