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From: rafael AT gauzon DOT com (rafael garcia)
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Subject: Re: system() return value if no program present
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"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT gnu DOT org> wrote in message news:<01c49f48$Blat.v2.2.2$03122900 AT zahav DOT net DOT il>...
> > From: rafael AT gauzon DOT com (rafael garcia)
> > Date: 20 Sep 2004 05:24:02 -0700
> > 
> > "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT gnu DOT org> wrote in message news:<01c49d67$Blat.v2.2.2$625a64a0 AT zahav DOT net DOT il>...
> > > So please post what you get on your system from the program I wrote.
> > > If my program gives the same output on XP, you will need to tell more
> > > about your program, since obviously `system' works as expected.
> > 
> > When executed in my system I find myself in a new shell:
> > 
> > Microsoft Windows XP [Versin 5.1.2600]
> > (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
> > 
> > c:c>
> 
> Didn't you said some time ago that everything works as expected?  Or
> was it someone else (am I talking to 2 people)?

I don't know. This is a drawback of usenet :-)
Perhaps I refered to another case. 
This problem appears only when the program I call does not exist.

> How exactly did you invoke my program? what was the exact command
> line?

c:\c>eli

> Anyway, if the program I posted puts you in a new shell, then
> something is seriously wrong with your setup (assuming that you
> compiled and run a DJGPP program).

I am compiling roughly 2Mb EXEs with DJGPP regularly (1Mb without
debug)

> Are you at all able to invoke _any_ command via `system' from a short
> test program without being put into a new shell?

Yes, this days I am using system("pkunzip -o prueba.zip") with no
problem (thought there is a problem with unzip32, I suppose you have
seen that thread in this newsgroup)