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From:	mbuch AT IFF572 DOT IFF DOT KFA-JUELICH DOT DE
Date:	Mon, 5 Nov 2001 20:07:26 +0100 (CET)
Reply-To:	m DOT buchmeier AT fz-juelich DOT de
To:	cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Subject:	system() function doesnt work outside cygwin
Message-ID:	<Pine.LNX.4.21.0111051953500.6336-100000@IFF572.IFF.KFA-JUELICH.DE>
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My application (build with unix layer, recent cygwin
distro, win2K) cant call other programs using the system() 
fucntion when started from outside the cygwin enviroment.
I have tryed out both posix and unix complete path
without success.
Here is a simple code that reproduces the problem:

main()
{
system("notepad");
}

It works fine when invoked from within cygwin
but when called fron windows nothing happens.

Anyone knows what i am doing wrong ?
Thanks in advance for your help

		Matthias


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