Sending Text to Command Prompt?

[amadeolr]

I am attempting to write a C++ console application that will do the following:
Open up a Command Prompt window.
Pass a text string to the Command Prompt (like “del filename.txt”).
The Command Prompt will execute the command and then return control to the C++ program.

I am using CreateProcess to invoke the Command Prompt window. I am not sure how to send a string to the Command Prompt window. I saw the function called SendMessage. Would SendMessage be the best/easiest way to send a text string to the Command Prompt?

Thanks

 

[chipperMDW]

Why do you need to open the command prompt window in the first place? Why not just use the [tt]system()[/tt] function?

 

[amadeolr]

Ok, the system() function is exactly what I needed. This is much better solution compared to what I was trying. Thanks.

 

[xwb]

If all you want to do is delete a file, the C function for it is remove. eg

remove ("filename.txt")

unlink does the same thing on MS but not on Unix. There is also rename for renaming files.