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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Running a UNIX command from Windows Post 67012 by robbiegregg on Sunday 20th of March 2005 10:18:25 AM
Old 03-20-2005
Running a UNIX command from Windows
Hi

I need to run a UNIX command from Visual C++ Windows program.

I was thinking of the Windows program generating a dummy file on the UNIX drive. On the UNIX box I could have a simple FORTRAN porogram searching continually for this dummy file and executes the UNIX command when the file exists.

However, this procedure is hardly elegant and was hoping someone out there has a better way of doing it?

Furthermore, I need a way of telling the Windows program the UNIX command has finished. Again, I could use a similar approach but would prefer a more elegant way of doing this!

** EXTRA INFORMATION **
The PC I use accesses a UNIX server over the network via Exceed and has SAMBA installed so Windows can see the UNIX drives.
The Windows program has been made using Visual C++ 6
The UNIX box is running Solaris (v8 I think)

Thanks for reading this thread
Last edited by robbiegregg; 03-20-2005 at 11:28 AM..
 

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