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Re: Parallelling system_exec

• Posted by "Juergen Luethje" <j.lue at gmx.de> Jun 28, 2004
• 416 views

Andy Serpa wrote:

> posted by: Andy Serpa <ac at onehorseshy.com>
>
> Juergen Luethje wrote:
>> Why not use system()? It also calls the child processes asynchronously,
>> or am I missing something? The following code works fine on my system
>> (Windows 98):
    ^^^^^^^^^^

>> <font color="#330033"></font>
>> <font color="#FF00FF">system</font><font color="#330033">(</font><font
>> color="#00A033">"explorer.exe."</font><font color="#330033">, 2)</font>
>> <font color="#FF00FF">system</font><font color="#330033">(</font><font
>> color="#00A033">"calc.exe."</font><font color="#330033">, 2)</font>
>> <font color="#FF00FF">system</font><font color="#330033">(</font><font
>> color="#00A033">"notepad.exe."</font><font color="#330033">, 2)</font>
>> <font color="#FF00FF">system</font><font color="#330033">(</font><font
>> color="#00A033">"charmap.exe."</font><font color="#330033">, 2)</font>
>> <font color="#330033"></font>

Rob, is this the way the EUforum message board quotes Eu code, that was
syntax highlighted in the original post? Is there a way to change this
behaviour? It should have been:

>> system("explorer.exe.", 2)
>> system("calc.exe.", 2)
>> system("notepad.exe.", 2)
>> system("charmap.exe.", 2)

> system() does not work asynchronously, at least on my system (with the
> Windows interpreter -- maybe under DOS?).

As I wrote, it does so on my *Windows* system. (It does so on my PC
under DOS, too). All 4 programs are executed almost simulataneously.
Which Windows version do you use (2000 or XP, I believe)?

Regards,
   Juergen