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From:	mbuch AT IFF572 DOT IFF DOT KFA-JUELICH DOT DE
Date:	Mon, 5 Nov 2001 20:27:37 +0100 (CET)
Reply-To:	m DOT buchmeier AT fz-juelich DOT de
To:	Kevin Schnitzius <kevin DOT schnitzius AT citrix DOT com>
cc:	"'m DOT buchmeier AT fz-juelich DOT de'" <m DOT buchmeier AT fz-juelich DOT de>,
	cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Subject:	RE: system() function doesnt work outside cygwin
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On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Kevin Schnitzius wrote:

> Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 14:12:55 -0500
> From: Kevin Schnitzius <kevin DOT schnitzius AT citrix DOT com>
> To: "'m DOT buchmeier AT fz-juelich DOT de'" <m DOT buchmeier AT fz-juelich DOT de>,
>      cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT 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) 

> Kevin
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	mbuch AT IFF572 DOT IFF DOT KFA-JUELICH DOT DE
> [mailto:mbuch AT IFF572 DOT IFF DOT KFA-JUELICH DOT DE] 
> Sent:	Monday, November 05, 2001 14:07
> To:	cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
> Subject:	system() function doesnt work outside cygwin
> 
> 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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