C++ system()

[ElieK54]

#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void){

system("shutdown -r -f -m \\192.168.1.104 -t 60");

return 0;
}


This command closes a computer on the network, i tried it and it works fine. All i need is to my program to run it so I can run it with the IP adress i will give him. I have been working on this for days....i looked in _popen _pclose but i don't think that's the way. When i run it, it opens about 50 windows of command prompt and then close them. If someone can tell me why my code isn't working i'd be very happy.

Thank you
Elie

 

[cpjust]

I don't know the syntax for the shutdown command, but when you type this at the command prompt, does it work properly?

shutdown -r -f -m \\192.168.1.104 -t 60

BTW, in C/C++ the '\' character is an escape character, so if you want "\" in your string, you need to escape it first, i.e. "\\".
So your code should probably be:

system("shutdown -r -f -m \\\\192.168.1.104 -t 60");

 

[ArkM]

See also InitiateSystemShutdown/InitiateSystemShutdownEx Windows API functions.