How to terminate a running program in c++

Question

I have written a program using C++, which I call

system("C:\xampp\xampp-control.exe");

to run the xampp control panel. When I run the program after compiling, it runs smoothly, except the program I have written is still running. Once the XAMPP control panel is launched, I want to terminate the program. What could possibly be done? Any help is much much appreciated.

Answer 1

You can replace your application by the one being called with exec.

// Note: this waits for the exectued program to finish
// before the call to `system()` returns.
system("C:\xampp\xampp-control.exe");

// You can replace the current processes with the one you
// are starting like this.
execl("C:\xampp\xampp-control.exe", "xampp-control.exe");
// If this returns the applicaion failed to start.
std::cerr << "Failed to start application\n";
exit(1);