in reply to Re: system() on linux/win32
in thread system() on linux/win32

I believe when you use start you can just give it the filename and it will open it with the application that's associated with it.

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Re: Re: Re: system() on linux/win32
by robin (Chaplain) on Apr 26, 2002 at 10:12 UTC
    Just for completeness in case someone comes here looking, it's worth mentioning that the equivalent command on OS X is open. Though of course OS X can do fork() properly.
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