Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 09:29:25 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Christian Gasser <christian DOT gasser AT elca DOT ch>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: problem with system library call
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On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Christian Gasser wrote:

> If "system" is called a few times before (e.g. with command strings
> like "cjpeg -help > /dev/null "), the failure appears sooner, so I'm
> beginning to suspect that "system" has some dark side-effects or leaks
> resources.

The output of go32-v2 suggests that you use DJGPP v2.0.  If that is true,
please upgrade to v2.01.  `system' in v2.0 has a known bug of losing
handles when you use a pipe or redirection symbols in the command.  These
problems are all solved in v2.01 (where Make calls `system' to run the
job, so such problems will be visible long time ago).