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

[daniel <mag...@nt...>]

Okay, ignore my last message. Everything works now. Thanks for the help.

from daniel
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From: <Mat...@Ve...>
To: <mag...@nt...>; <Dev...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 11:07 PM
Subject: RE: [Dev-C++] opening files in c


> 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-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 2:59 PM
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> 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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