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cueballr · Oct 31st, 2007, 11:30 AM

Could someone tell me the code to run a batch file through a c++ program please?

thanks in advance

cueballr

cueballr · Oct 31st, 2007, 12:05 PM

never mind i got it..

DaWei · Oct 31st, 2007, 12:07 PM

Well, a batch file is just text. You don't bother to tell us what you want to do. It could be as simple as printing out the batch file, or executing the batch file, or it could be as complex as attempting to convert the batch file to an equivalent C++ program. My crystal is in the shop for "ball" joints, so I'm not able to read your mind right this minute.

Let me suggest that you read the "How to Post a Question" thread that is stuck at the top of this forum. If you haven't read the rules, please do that, too. There's a link there to Eric Raymond's "Smart Questions." Recommended reading.

Welcome to the community.

cueballr · Nov 1st, 2007, 5:43 AM

haha..fair enough...okay...could you please tell me how to convert the batch file code to c++ code..if its not to much work, one more question, is it a single command to convert the whole batch file or does it have to be line by line?

thanks in advance.

cueballr =]

hollystyles · Nov 1st, 2007, 7:04 AM

Ok you want to convert platform dependant shell commands in a batch file (which could be a linux shell script or windows DOS .bat file blah blah... these are all batch files) into C++ Source code in like one command ??? I doubt that exists very much.

Or do you want to compile a batch file into an executable?

I googled Batch File C++ converter translator and compiler. There were various hits. One that kept coming up was Quick Batch Compiler which looked interesting. I'll let you decide.

cueballr · Nov 1st, 2007, 7:28 AM

Im talking bout a dos .bat file, not a linux one, and i have tried the quick batch file compiler before you pointed it out to me, it worked perfectly, but it is not what i require, i want to convert the batch codes to equivalent c++ codes, and be able to view them just for my knowlegde...was wondering if anyone could help me with that..

thanks anyway

cueballr. =]

hollystyles · Nov 1st, 2007, 9:55 AM

What knowledge are you trying to glean ??

Do you mean you want to disassemble the batch commands to see how they actually work?

IMHO that's *hardest* way to learn.

cueballr · Nov 1st, 2007, 10:47 AM

...No... i just want the c++ equivalent of batch code...im sure that there is a way of determining that

Sane · Nov 1st, 2007, 11:03 AM

Stop giving him a hard time, I'm pretty sure this is all he wants to know: The function "system" executes a windows batch command in C/C++.

myBatch.bat

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echo "Hello World!"

myApp.cpp

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int main() {
    system("echo \"Hello World!\"");
    return 0;
}

Note: The "\" is an escape character. It's used before each a quotation mark around "Hello World!" so that C++ does not think those quotations are closing the quotation that started before "echo".

Infinite Recursion · Nov 1st, 2007, 1:51 PM

May want to include the conio.h header file when using the system() function.

Oct 31st, 2007, 11:30 AM	#1
cueballr Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	c++ code to read from batch file Could someone tell me the code to run a batch file through a c++ program please? thanks in advance cueballr

Oct 31st, 2007, 12:05 PM	#2
cueballr Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	Re: c++ code to read from batch file never mind i got it..

Oct 31st, 2007, 12:07 PM	#3
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	Re: c++ code to read from batch file Well, a batch file is just text. You don't bother to tell us what you want to do. It could be as simple as printing out the batch file, or executing the batch file, or it could be as complex as attempting to convert the batch file to an equivalent C++ program. My crystal is in the shop for "ball" joints, so I'm not able to read your mind right this minute. Let me suggest that you read the "How to Post a Question" thread that is stuck at the top of this forum. If you haven't read the rules, please do that, too. There's a link there to Eric Raymond's "Smart Questions." Recommended reading. Welcome to the community. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers

Nov 1st, 2007, 5:43 AM	#4
cueballr Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	Re: c++ code to read from batch file haha..fair enough...okay...could you please tell me how to convert the batch file code to c++ code..if its not to much work, one more question, is it a single command to convert the whole batch file or does it have to be line by line? thanks in advance. cueballr =]

Nov 1st, 2007, 7:04 AM	#5
hollystyles Omlette du fromage Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 29 Rep Power: 0	Re: c++ code to read from batch file Ok you want to convert platform dependant shell commands in a batch file (which could be a linux shell script or windows DOS .bat file blah blah... these are all batch files) into C++ Source code in like one command ??? I doubt that exists very much. Or do you want to compile a batch file into an executable? I googled Batch File C++ converter translator and compiler. There were various hits. One that kept coming up was Quick Batch Compiler which looked interesting. I'll let you decide.

Nov 1st, 2007, 7:28 AM	#6
cueballr Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	Re: c++ code to read from batch file Im talking bout a dos .bat file, not a linux one, and i have tried the quick batch file compiler before you pointed it out to me, it worked perfectly, but it is not what i require, i want to convert the batch codes to equivalent c++ codes, and be able to view them just for my knowlegde...was wondering if anyone could help me with that.. thanks anyway cueballr. =]

Nov 1st, 2007, 9:55 AM	#7
hollystyles Omlette du fromage Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 29 Rep Power: 0	Re: c++ code to read from batch file What knowledge are you trying to glean ?? Do you mean you want to disassemble the batch commands to see how they actually work? IMHO that's hardest way to learn.

Nov 1st, 2007, 10:47 AM	#8
cueballr Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	Re: c++ code to read from batch file ...No... i just want the c++ equivalent of batch code...im sure that there is a way of determining that

Nov 1st, 2007, 11:03 AM	#9
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 1,885 Rep Power: 5	Re: c++ code to read from batch file Stop giving him a hard time, I'm pretty sure this is all he wants to know: The function "system" executes a windows batch command in C/C++. myBatch.bat (Toggle Plain Text) echo "Hello World!" echo "Hello World!" myApp.cpp (Toggle Plain Text) int main() { system("echo \"Hello World!\""); return 0; } int main() { system("echo \"Hello World!\""); return 0; } Note: The "\" is an escape character. It's used before each a quotation mark around "Hello World!" so that C++ does not think those quotations are closing the quotation that started before "echo".

Nov 1st, 2007, 1:51 PM	#10
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,467 Rep Power: 8	Re: c++ code to read from batch file May want to include the conio.h header file when using the system() function. __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

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