Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/12/23/08:12:35
On Mon, 23 Dec 1996, Elliott Oti wrote:
> While using system() to run external programs I noticed that
> trying to run programs using DOS4GW (or any other non-djgpp extender)
> resulted in the computer hanging.
> Why is this? This doesn't happen with real-mode compilers -- I assume
> it's a conflict between extenders.
This is due to incompatibility between CWSDPMI and DOS4GW.
> My question: how can this unpleasant behaviour be circumvented/avoided?
Either compile the external program with DJGPP (if you can get the
sources) or use a DPMI host other than CWSDPMI (QDPMI and Windows both
work).
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