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RE: system() function doesnt work outside cygwin


Try this program:

main()
{
system("cmd /c echo %path%");
}

Kevin

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From: 	mbuch@IFF572.IFF.KFA-JUELICH.DE
[mailto:mbuch@IFF572.IFF.KFA-JUELICH.DE] 
Sent:	Monday, November 05, 2001 14:07
To:	cygwin@sources.redhat.com
Subject:	system() function doesnt work outside cygwin

My application (build with unix layer, recent cygwin
distro, win2K) cant call other programs using the system() 
fucntion when started from outside the cygwin enviroment.
I have tryed out both posix and unix complete path
without success.
Here is a simple code that reproduces the problem:

main()
{
system("notepad");
}

It works fine when invoked from within cygwin
but when called fron windows nothing happens.

Anyone knows what i am doing wrong ?
Thanks in advance for your help

		Matthias


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