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calling an executable
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i'm a newbie to ANSI C.
Can anybody tell me how i can execute an executable (like php.exe) from C programming langauge.

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Well, the only ANSI C compliant method is by calling system(). In UNIX and GNU/Linux you can use the fork() and exec() set of functions (see the man pages).

In Windows, I think there's some CreateProcess() function call. Check the win32 API reference for details.
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Windows also has WinExec()
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thank you guys.
that's just what i needed.

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