problem in using system() functiions

[palani12kumar]

hi everybody...
I've a problem in using system() functions.
my program was:

int main()
{
  clrscr()
  system("dir");
  getch();
}
 

but i got only a blank screen as output when run this code.
What is the problem in this?

[JosAH]

hi everybody...
I've a problem in using system() functions.
my program was:

int main()
{
  clrscr()
  system("dir");
  getch();
}
 

but i got only a blank screen as output when run this code.
What is the problem in this?

The system function can only start executable binaries (and maybe .bat files,
I'm not sure about that). It certainly can't start commands that are internal to
your shell (cmd.exe), i.e "dir" is not an executable command. Start the shell
(cmd.exe) itself as: "cmd /c dir".

kind regards,

Jos

[horace1]

hi everybody...
I've a problem in using system() functions.
my program was:

int main()
{
  clrscr()
  system("dir");
  getch();
}
 

but i got only a blank screen as output when run this code.
What is the problem in this?

this works OK for me using GNU C and Turbo C V3.0 under windows XP

what compiler/operating system are you using?

[palani12kumar]

Currently im using TurboC (that is in a LAN connection under Novel network)

[Ganon11]

Make sure you add a return 0; statement at the end of your program.

[palani12kumar]

I even tried that too....
Not only dir command, it seems that it was not working with any of the dos commands.... I dont know waht to do

[cjbrx3115]

I even tried that too....
Not only dir command, it seems that it was not working with any of the dos commands.... I dont know waht to do

Did you try using the #include<window s.h>? And also, you don't have anything that would display as an output, try using some text as an output to see if that is your problem.