title: Is there a way to not wait for a system() command to finish? (in c)
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    <p><strong>Similar to:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6552712/program-not-executing-anything-after-a-call-to-system">program not executing anything after a call to system()</a><br>
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  <p>I am fairly new to using C but basically, I want to execute the following line:</p>
  
  <pre><code>int a = system("python -m plotter");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which will launch a python module I developed. However, I want the rest of my c program to keep running instead of waiting for the command to finish executing (the python app is on an infinite loop so it wont close automatically). Is there any way to do this using C/C++?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update:</strong>
  the solution was:</p>
  
  <pre><code>int a = system("start python -m plotter &amp;");
  </code></pre>