Conversation with a cmd session from a C program

Question

I want to run a cmd program through my C app and be able to get input and send output to the cmd. can I do such a thing?

thanks.

Answer 1

The function you're looking for is system(cmd). You can run the command normal (output will be directly printed to the screen):

system("command.exe");

Or capture the output (stdout) in a file:

system("command.exe > file.txt");