Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 15:36:46 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: JPerakis@crossbeamsys.com Subject: Re: perl/cygwin and system calls Message-ID: <20010305153646.A16971@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com, JPerakis@crossbeamsys.com References: <80575AFA5F0DD31197CE00805F650D7602CEA6@wilber.adroit.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <80575AFA5F0DD31197CE00805F650D7602CEA6@wilber.adroit.com>; from drobinow@dayton.adroit.com on Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 03:28:31PM -0500 On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 03:28:31PM -0500, Robinow, David wrote: >> From: Perakis, John [mailto:JPerakis@crossbeamsys.com] >> Subject: perl/cygwin and system calls >> ... I'm trying to use a system call to kick off my >> make ie system("//c/cygwin/bin/make all"). This piece is failing, I >> believe, because the system call is going out and using an NT >> environment not a Cygwin env. Does anyone know how I can get this to >> what I want. The description of "failing" does not really provide enough information to debug the problem. I assume, however, that if you avoid using a Cygwin path in the system command, things will work better: system("c:/cygwin/bin/make all") It sounds like you're using a non-cygwin version of perl. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple