/* john pfeiffer 08feb08 demo of system command in c to access the dos commandline */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h> /* necessary for dos headers */
int main()
{
int i=0;
printf ("Checking if processor is available...");
if (system(NULL))
{ puts ("Ok"); }
else
{
puts("Processor not available?");
exit (1);
}
printf ("Executing command DIR /B...\n");
i=system ("dir /b");
printf ("The value returned was: %d.\n",i);
puts("0 means the command executed successfully, 1 means the command failed.\n");
printf ("Executing fake command DIRS...\n");
i=system ("dirs");
printf ("The value returned was: %d.\n",i);
puts("0 means the command executed successfully, 1 means the command failed.\n");
return 0;
}