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I am usually programming some simple mathematical routines in C (or C++). I would like to automatically run a console application like "gnuplot" while my program is running. Is there ...
  1. 04-16-2008 #1
    Ulisses
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    Question How to call an external application from a C source

    I am usually programming some simple mathematical routines in C (or C++). I would like to automatically run a console application like "gnuplot" while my program is running. Is there a simple way to call external console applications in C programming?
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    gnuplot

    Try the system function
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    Thank you!
    A short reply but very useful. I found that it is also possible to use the "exec" commands

    exec
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