execute a dos command in turbo c++

[prajwaludupa]

well i tried to execute the following code..
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
void main()
{
system("dir");
getch();
}

but it did not execute the system command... what went wrong??

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[vidit_X]

Its working at my end ..

Can you specify the error?

And please use CODE tags.

[aaandroid8]

i have also trouble in running the dos commands in turbo c++ . when i compile it everything goes wright . but at the time of execution it shows blanks screen not any dos commands. Atually Borland turbo c++ do not support dos commnads beside you can use "dev c++" to execute dos commands.

[Duoas]

IIRC, it worked just fine. You aren't seeing output because of the way Turbo C/C++ initializes the console output.

The problem is that you are doing something wrong. Are you trying to get a directory listing? Or just show it to the user?

[tajendra]

system() command used here should generate desired output for dir, And i agree with Duoas as per output on console is concerned.

Though to validate system call functionality, one can try to redirect the output to a file.

void main() 
{
system("dir >>test_dir.lst");
getch();
}

check 'test_dir.lst' for the desired output.