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RE: gawk system() problem?
- To: J H Buffington <jbuff at pacific dot net>,"cygwin at cygwin dot com" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: RE: gawk system() problem?
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 10:27:39 -0500
- References: <1DAF66E890E7D411828000D0B7912222ED3C@MSNLMX01>
At 09:55 PM 1/14/2001, J H Buffington wrote:
>At 03:48 PM 1/15/01 +1300, Hoyt, Ben wrote:
>
>> > This works for me
>> > BEGIN {
>> > print system("command.com /c dir")
>> > }
>> >
>> > but I'm sure that command.com is in my path.
>> > I suppose if you're on NT, it might be cmd.exe.
>> >
>> Interesting. It doesn't for me. :-( I'm running Win95 and
>>command.com is definitely in my path. The above awk program simply displays
>>a "0" and nothing else. I guess by "it works for me" you mean displaying the
>>directory? Hmmm.. oh well. Thanks again.
>
>
>Yes, I see the directory followed by 0.
>
>See what happens when you type "which command.com"
>at the bash prompt.
>
>Try substituting that output for "command.com" in the system call.
>
>BTW, I'm stuck in the "stone age" at Cygwin 1.0 (CD version).
>Later versions may work differently.
In this area, the "stone age" and the current release coincide. There is
no difference in functionality.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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