The system function is used to issue a command. Execution of your program will not continue until the command has completed.
Library: stdlib.h
Prototype: int system(const char *cmd);
Syntax: system( "cat /etc/hosts");
Notes:
In Unix systems, the command is passed to "/bin/sh -c" for
execution. I do not know what handles the command in DOS systems.
example program.
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