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Try looking at the exec() family of functions.<br />
&quot;Each function in this family loads and executes a new process&quot;<br />
<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/431x4c1w.aspx" rel="ugc">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/431x4c1w.aspx</a>
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Also, if you are looking for a Linux solution try looking at using a combination of fork with exec.<br />
<a href="http://www.manpagez.com/man/2/fork/" rel="ugc">http://www.manpagez.com/man/2/fork/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/functions/fork.html" rel="ugc">http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/functions/fork.html</a>
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Thanks. That did the trick!!
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In some C code I want to use the system() command to start another C program with no connections to the origoinal C program. As I understand it the system() call will not return until the &quot;other&quot; program is done. I want to run the &quot;other&quot; program in the background and I want my main program to continue. How do I do this??? I'm running under Windows only.<br />
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Thanks!
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In some C code I want to use the system() command to start another C program with no connections to the origoinal C program. As I understand it the system() call will not return until the "other" program is done. I want to run the "other" program in the background and I want my main program to continue. How do I do this??? I'm running under Windows only.

Thanks!

system(xyz), xyz run in background

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