I searched both the web and a couple usenet groups before posting this here.
I am not proficient in C, I am just fooling around. I need to find a way to invoke a windows cmd command, namely shutdown, from within a C program. I could only find stuff regarding C# or other languages..
In case you 're wondering, I frequently used to leave internet radio on before going to sleep, setting my old XP PC to shutdown usually after half an hour.. The command was something like shutdown /s /t 1800 (in sec).
Now I got a vista PC, and bloody microsoft decided to limit the allowed time to 10 mins, or 600 seconds. Why the hell they bothered to change that of all things is very weird, but anyway, I was thinking of writing a simple C program that would take input from the user, for example x seconds, 'sleep' for x-600 seconds, and then invoke 'shutdown /s /t 600'.
It will make my day, so any help is appreciated.. -- comp.lang.c.moderated - moderation address: c...@plethora.net -- you must have an appropriate newsgroups line in your header for your mail to be seen, or the newsgroup name in square brackets in the subject line. Sorry.
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:29:44 -0500 (CDT), thomaskog...@gmail.com wrote: >Hello all,
>I searched both the web and a couple usenet groups before posting this >here.
>I am not proficient in C, I am just fooling around. I need to find a >way to invoke a windows cmd command, namely shutdown, from within a C >program. I could only find stuff regarding C# or other languages..
>In case you 're wondering, I frequently used to leave internet radio >on before going to sleep, setting my old XP PC to shutdown usually >after half an hour.. The command was something like shutdown /s /t >1800 (in sec).
>Now I got a vista PC, and bloody microsoft decided to limit the >allowed time to 10 mins, or 600 seconds. Why the hell they bothered to >change that of all things is very weird, but anyway, I was thinking of >writing a simple C program that would take input from the user, for >example x seconds, 'sleep' for x-600 seconds, and then invoke >'shutdown /s /t 600'.
>It will make my day, so any help is appreciated..
Look up the system() function in your C reference.
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> I searched both the web and a couple usenet groups before posting this > here.
> I am not proficient in C, I am just fooling around. I need to find a > way to invoke a windows cmd command, namely shutdown, from within a C > program. I could only find stuff regarding C# or other languages..
> In case you 're wondering, I frequently used to leave internet radio > on before going to sleep, setting my old XP PC to shutdown usually > after half an hour.. The command was something like shutdown /s /t > 1800 (in sec).
> Now I got a vista PC, and bloody microsoft decided to limit the > allowed time to 10 mins, or 600 seconds. Why the hell they bothered to > change that of all things is very weird, but anyway, I was thinking of > writing a simple C program that would take input from the user, for > example x seconds, 'sleep' for x-600 seconds, and then invoke > 'shutdown /s /t 600'.
> It will make my day, so any help is appreciated..
The part about sleeping is not provided by standard C, and requires a Windows API call. You need to ask about that in a Windows programming group, news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 is a good one. Or you could try searching Microsoft's MSDN site.
As for passing a string to the command interpreter, there is a standard C function for that.
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(void) { system("shutdown /s /t 600"); return 0;
}
....should generally do the same thing as typing the command on a command line.
> I searched both the web and a couple usenet groups before posting this > here.
> I am not proficient in C, I am just fooling around. I need to find a > way to invoke a windows cmd command, namely shutdown, from within a C > program. I could only find stuff regarding C# or other languages..
> In case you 're wondering, I frequently used to leave internet radio > on before going to sleep, setting my old XP PC to shutdown usually > after half an hour.. The command was something like shutdown /s /t > 1800 (in sec).
> Now I got a vista PC, and bloody microsoft decided to limit the > allowed time to 10 mins, or 600 seconds. Why the hell they bothered to > change that of all things is very weird, but anyway, I was thinking of > writing a simple C program that would take input from the user, for > example x seconds, 'sleep' for x-600 seconds, and then invoke > 'shutdown /s /t 600'.
> It will make my day, so any help is appreciated..
check out 'system()' I think that will meet your requirements. -- comp.lang.c.moderated - moderation address: c...@plethora.net -- you must have an appropriate newsgroups line in your header for your mail to be seen, or the newsgroup name in square brackets in the subject line. Sorry.
> I searched both the web and a couple usenet groups before posting this > here.
> I am not proficient in C, I am just fooling around. I need to find a > way to invoke a windows cmd command, namely shutdown, from within a C > program. I could only find stuff regarding C# or other languages..
> In case you 're wondering, I frequently used to leave internet radio > on before going to sleep, setting my old XP PC to shutdown usually > after half an hour.. The command was something like shutdown /s /t > 1800 (in sec).
> Now I got a vista PC, and bloody microsoft decided to limit the > allowed time to 10 mins, or 600 seconds. Why the hell they bothered to > change that of all things is very weird, but anyway, I was thinking of > writing a simple C program that would take input from the user, for > example x seconds, 'sleep' for x-600 seconds, and then invoke > 'shutdown /s /t 600'.
> It will make my day, so any help is appreciated..
In your program #include the <stdlib.h> header file and call any system command from within the system() function:
int system(const char *command);
The value returned from system() is -1 on error or the return status of the command otherwise.
the character string command is the name of the system command you whish to call.
To make an example if you want to blank the screen of the console you should call:
system("cls");
and if you want to shut down after 60 seconds your computer call:
system("shutdown /s /t 60");
As far as I know, that's the sole way to make an OS call without being forced to implement any Assembly code.
remember well that doing so, you bound your program to the OS it was implemented for, because "cmd" or "shutdwn" are MS Windows commands.
regards,
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On 2008-07-08, thomaskog...@gmail.com <thomaskog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> I searched both the web and a couple usenet groups before posting this > here.
> I am not proficient in C, I am just fooling around. I need to find a > way to invoke a windows cmd command, namely shutdown, from within a C > program. I could only find stuff regarding C# or other languages..
system("shutdown");
or ask in a windows programming newsgroup.
> Now I got a vista PC, and bloody microsoft decided to limit the > allowed time to 10 mins, or 600 seconds. Why the hell they bothered to > change that of all things is very weird, but anyway, I was thinking of > writing a simple C program that would take input from the user, for > example x seconds, 'sleep' for x-600 seconds, and then invoke > 'shutdown /s /t 600'.
something like that could be done in batch, ping can be abused to provide a timer....
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> In case you 're wondering, I frequently used to leave internet radio > on before going to sleep, setting my old XP PC to shutdown usually > after half an hour.. The command was something like shutdown /s /t > 1800 (in sec).
[...]
Use the system() function:
int system(const char *string);
For example:
system("shutdown /s /t 1800");
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