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RE: system() function doesnt work outside cygwin
- To: m dot buchmeier at fz-juelich dot de, Kevin Schnitzius <kevin dot schnitzius at citrix dot com>
- Subject: RE: system() function doesnt work outside cygwin
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 15:36:18 -0500
- Cc: "'m dot buchmeier at fz-juelich dot de'" <m dot buchmeier at fz-juelich dot de>, cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <FFC7351A4632D411820000508B2E1C2C01CB1669@hqexch01.citrix.com>
At 02:27 PM 11/5/2001, mbuch@IFF572.IFF.KFA-JUELICH.DE wrote:
>On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Kevin Schnitzius wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 14:12:55 -0500
> > From: Kevin Schnitzius <kevin.schnitzius@citrix.com>
> > To: "'m.buchmeier@fz-juelich.de'" <m.buchmeier@fz-juelich.de>,
> > cygwin@sources.redhat.com
> > Subject: RE: system() function doesnt work outside cygwin
> >
> > Try this program:
> >
> > main()
> > {
> > system("cmd /c echo %path%");
> > }
> >
>
>It does the same:
>No output, not even an error-message when called from command-window
>or explorer and the expected output when called form inside cywin
>(bash)
Ah, your path is different in bash than it is in Windows...
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
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