From: mh@mike.franken.de (Michael Hirmke) Subject: Re: system() problem 19 Jan 1998 20:16:17 -0800 Message-ID: <6m4yPPWppfB.cygnus.gnu-win32@mike.franken.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Hi Dezso, [...] >#include >int main (void) >{ > int i; > i = system ("dir"); > return i; >} > >When I run the program it prints "failure!!!!!" and returns -1. >The system() did not work with any other arguments I tried except NULL when > it returned 1 (and >there was no failure message then). > >Is it a bug or did I do something wrong? Don't know, what you did wrong. Your code works here without any problem. Even if not, I can't imagine, who or what is responsible for the "failure" printout. Neither dir nor the system function ever print such a message. > >Thank you, > > Dezso Kovacs Bye. Michael. -- Michael Hirmke | Telefon +49 (911) 557999 Georg-Strobel-Strasse 81 | FAX +49 (911) 557664 90489 Nuernberg | E-Mail mailto:mh@mike.franken.de | WWW http://minimike.franken.de/ - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".