Linux command inside C code: /* treat as comment?

Question

In C, I want to run linux command. Namely,

int status;
status=system("lftp ftp://192.168.1.1 -e "mget -E /2015/Date*/*Snap/*.csv");

The * above is wildcard matching.

The C compiler thinks this is comment: /* and */

How do modify my call do the C compiler won't think this is comment.

Answer 1

Use the \\ character to escape problematic characters:

int status;
status = system("lftp ftp://192.168.1.1 -e \"mget -E /2015/Date*\/*Snap/*.csv\"");

Also, your original code had mismatched double-quote characters. You have to close both the inner and outer set.