system() function call question

[RankoKurotsuki]

I am currently writing a program to manage my programming projects. It is currently only going to manage C++ projects, but I plan to expand it to other languages. My problem is that when I create a project or file, I use system() to run the gedit program to open the source code files. But when I do that, the program itself stops. Here is the code for the functions:

file.cpp:

#include "global.h"
#include "file.h"

string startfile = "main.cpp";

File::File()
{
}

File::~File()
{
}

int File::New_Project()
{
	cout << "Please enter Project Name: ";
        string ProjName;
	cin >> ProjName;
        Proj_Name = ProjName;
        string Project = Proj_Name + ".pjt";
        ofstream fout(Project.c_str(), ios::ate);
        ofstream mout(startfile.c_str());
        mout << "#include <iostream>\n" << "\n" << "int main(int argc, char* argv)\n" << "{\n" << "    return 0;\n" << "}";
	mout.close();
	fout << "$PROJECT_NAME = " << Project << "\n";
	fout << "$SOURCE_LIST:\n";
	fout << "#main.cpp\n";
        fout.close();
        string command1 = "gedit " + startfile;
        system((command1.c_str()));
    return 0;
}

int File::Open_Project()
{
    return 0;
}

int File::New_File()
{
        string FileName;
	cout << "Please choose an option: \n" <<
                "1 - C++ Source \n" << "2 - CPP Header \n" <<
		"> ";
	int option;
        string File_Name;
        loop:
	cin >> option;
	switch(option)
	{
	case 1:
		{
			cout << "Please enter a file name: ";
			cin >> FileName;
                        File_Name = FileName + ".cpp";
                        ofstream sout(File_Name.c_str());
                        sout.close();
                        break;
		}
	case 2:
		{
			cout << "Please enter a file name: ";
			cin >> FileName;
                        File_Name = FileName + ".h";
                        ofstream hout(File_Name.c_str());
                        hout.close();
                        break;
		}
	default:
		{
			cout << "Please enter a valid option.\n" << "> ";
                        goto loop;
		}
	}
        string command2 = "gedit " + File_Name;
        system((command2.c_str()));
    return 0;
}

int File::Open_File()
{
    return 0;
}

I already tried the fork() function, and that cause my computer to nearly lock up. Does anyone have any ideas?

[kev82]

I don't know if system() goes through the shell. If it does you could add an `&' to the command to launch in the background. Else learn to use fork and exec properly, it won't lock up if used properly.