dig for windows works in cmd, but it doesn't work in system()
This is in cmd:
This is my code:
system(" \"C:\\Windows\\System32\\dig.exe google.com\" ");
and the result:
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Either double all the back-slashes, or else change them to forward-slashes. – Jerry Coffin May 26 '21 at 16:05
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Did you intend to type `system(" "C:\Windows\System32\dig.exe google.com" ");` instead of `system("C:\Windows\System32\dig.exe google.com");`? – h0r53 May 26 '21 at 16:05
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1Is `C:\Windows\System32\dig.exe` the correct path to the executable? – Kevin May 26 '21 at 16:08
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I want to use "dig google.com" in system() @h0r53 – zawalida May 26 '21 at 16:18
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yes, it's the correct path. @Kevin – zawalida May 26 '21 at 16:19
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If it worked from a command line without a path, it should work from `system()` call without a path too. Have you tried `system("dig google.com");`? – Weather Vane May 26 '21 at 16:24
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yes, it's still doesn't work. @WeatherVane – zawalida May 26 '21 at 16:26
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1Are you sure it *is* `dig.exe` with that suffix? – Weather Vane May 26 '21 at 16:28