C Program to Shutdown Computer - How to Shutdown Computer Using C Code

Computer can be shutdown using c program. But the commands are different in Windows and Linux. The system() function in c can be used to execute system commands ( Windows command or Linux command ). To shutdown the computer using c program, we execute the appropriate shutdown command using the system() function.

How to Execute Windows Commands in C

You may have used Windows commands like ipconfig, netstat, type, set, mkdir, cd etc in cmd (DOS Prompt or Command Prompt). You can execute these commands from a C program. This post will tell you how to execute Windows commands (cmd commands) from c program. To execute different Windows commands, you can use the system() function c language. The system() function is used to invoke command processor to execute a given command. The command which is to be executed is passed as argument to the function. An example c program with system() function is shown below.

C Program to Logoff or Signout From Windows

You can logoff (also called logout or sign out) from a windows computer using c program. This can be done by executing a command. You just have to execute the command shutdown /l which executes shutdown.exe with command line parameter /l to force logout from Windows. The system() function in c can be used to execute any system commands. Therefore, the following simple c program when executed, will logout you from Windows instantly.

#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
system("shutdown /l");
}

C Program to Display and Set System Time and Date Using 8086 Interrupts

This is a C Program to Display and Set System Time and Date Using 8086 Interrupts. Interrupt number 21 (in hexadecimal) is used to:

Output of c Program to get and set system time and date 

• Get System time
• Set System time
• Get System Date
• Set System Date

To Get system date:

- Call interrupt 0x21 (hexadecimal) 

- AH (higher byte of accumulator) should be made equal to 2A (hex) before calling interrupt

Output:

• day in DL
• Month in DH
• Year in CX

To set System Date:

- Call interrupt 0x21 (hexadecimal) 

- AH (higher byte of accumulator) should be made equal to 2B (hex) before calling interrupt

- Before Calling interrupt, store:

• Year in CX
• Month in DH
• Day in DL

To Get system time:

- Call interrupt 0x21 (hexadecimal) 

- AH (higher byte of accumulator) should be made equal to 2C (hex) before calling interrupt

Output:

• Hours in CH
• Minutes in CL
• Seconds in DH
• 1/100 th of a second in DL

To set System Time:







- Call interrupt 0x21 (hexadecimal) 

- AH (higher byte of accumulator) should be made equal to 2D (hex) before calling interrupt
- Before Calling interrupt, store:

Hour in CH 
Minutes in CL
Seconds in DH 
1/100 th of second in DL

#include<stdio.h>
#include<dos.h>
#include<conio.h>

void main()
 {
 int day,month,year,tflag=0,dflag=0,hr,min,sec;
 union REGS inreg,outreg;
DISDATE:printf("\nCurrent date:\n");
 inreg.h.ah=0x2a;
 int86(0x21,&inreg,&outreg);
 printf("%d-%d-%d ",outreg.h.dl,outreg.h.dh,outreg.x.cx);
 switch(outreg.h.al)
  {
  case 0:printf("Sunday");break;
  case 1:printf("Monday");break;
  case 2:printf("Tueday");break;
  case 3:printf("Wednesday");break;
  case 4:printf("Thursday");break;
  case 5:printf("Friday");break;
  case 6:printf("Sunday");break;
  }
 if(dflag==1)
  goto SETTIME;
DISTIME:printf("\nCurrent Time:\n");
 inreg.h.ah=0x2c;
 int86(0x21,&inreg,&outreg);
 printf("%d:%d:%d.%d ",outreg.h.ch,outreg.h.cl,outreg.h.dh,outreg.h.dl);
 if(tflag==1)
  goto END;
SETDATE:printf("\nSet Date.\nDay,Month and Year\n");
 scanf("%d%d%d",&day,&month,&year);
 inreg.h.ah=0x2b;
 inreg.x.cx=year;
 inreg.h.dh=month;
 inreg.h.dl=day;
 int86(0x21,&inreg,&outreg);
 if(outreg.h.al==0x00)
  {
  dflag=1;
  goto DISDATE;
  }
 else
  {
  printf("\nInvalid entry");
  getch();
  exit(0);
  }
SETTIME:printf("\nSet Time. Enter Time.\nHour,Minutes and Seconds\n");
 scanf("%d%d%d",&hr,&min,&sec);
 inreg.h.ah=0x2d;
 inreg.h.ch=hr;
 inreg.h.dh=sec;
 inreg.h.cl=min;
 inreg.h.dl=0;
 int86(0x21,&inreg,&outreg);
 if(outreg.h.al==0x00)
  {
  tflag=1;
  goto DISTIME;
  }
 else
  {
  printf("\nInvalid entry");
  getch();
  exit(0);
  }
END: getch();
 }