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 Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20011105153534.01675150@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 15:36:18 -0500 To: m.buchmeier@fz-juelich.de, Kevin Schnitzius From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: RE: system() function doesnt work outside cygwin Cc: "'m.buchmeier@fz-juelich.de'" , cygwin@sources.redhat.com In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 02:27 PM 11/5/2001, mbuch@IFF572.IFF.KFA-JUELICH.DE wrote: >On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Kevin Schnitzius wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 14:12:55 -0500 > > From: Kevin Schnitzius > > To: "'m.buchmeier@fz-juelich.de'" , > > cygwin@sources.redhat.com > > Subject: RE: system() function doesnt work outside cygwin > > > > Try this program: > > > > main() > > { > > system("cmd /c echo %path%"); > > } > > > >It does the same: >No output, not even an error-message when called from command-window >or explorer and the expected output when called form inside cywin >(bash) Ah, your path is different in bash than it is in Windows... Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/