running program

[Dan Irwin]

is ther a way i can cause a c++ program to start another program (msg in my case)

 

[Buster]

is ther a way i can cause a c++ program to start another program (msg in my case)

#include <cstdlib>
// ...
std::system ("msg");

 

[Thomas Matthews]

is ther a way i can cause a c++ program to start another program (msg in my case)

Your platform may provide a non-portable function to do that.
It may be known as spawning or forking. Ask in a newsgroup dedicated
to your platform or compiler.

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