Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/01/03/22:57:02
nevermind, I finally found the solution in an earlier post in this
newsgroup. I didn't have cygwin's bin directory in my window's PATH.
JesusFreke
"news.gmane.org" <JesusFreke AT JesusFreke DOT com> wrote in message
news:bt80hq$g36$1 AT sea DOT gmane DOT org...
> Hello,
>
> I'm having problems getting the system() function to work correctly
outside
> of the cygwin environment.
>
> for example, I compile the following file in the BASH environment using
the
> command
>
> gcc systemtest.c -out systemtest.exe
>
> int main(void)
> {
> return system("notepad.exe");
> }
>
> then, while I'm in the BASH enviroment, I can run systemtest.exe, and it
> will open up notepad.
>
> however, if I try to run it from the windows environment, it doesn't do
> anything. It just runs and ends. no error messages or anything.
>
> I tried a number of different absolute paths to notepad, i.e.
>
> "c:\\windows\\system32\\notepad.exe"
> "c:/windows/systems32/notepad.exe"
> "/cygdrive/c/windows/system32/notepad.exe"
>
> system returns 127 when I run it in the windows environment, with
> "notepad.exe" as the parameter, and 0 when I run it in the cygwin
enviroment
> with "notepad.exe" as the parameter.
>
> It returns -1 when I run it in the windows or cygwin environment, and pass
> it a null value.
>
> anyone have any ideas how to resolve this?
>
>
> here is the info from cygcheck -sysinfo
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
> Current System Time: Sat Jan 03 20:08:46 2004
>
> Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1
>
> Path: E:\Apps\cygwin\usr\local\bin
> E:\Apps\cygwin\bin
> E:\Apps\cygwin\bin
> E:\Apps\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
> c:\Perl\bin\
> c:\WINDOWS\system32
> c:\WINDOWS
> c:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
> c:\Program Files\NMapWin\bin
>
> Output from E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec)
> UID: 500(JesusFreke) GID: 513(None)
> 513(None)
>
> Output from E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec)
> UID: 500(JesusFreke) GID: 513(None)
> 513(None) 544(Administrators)
> 551(Backup Operators) 545(Users)
> 1005(Debugger Users)
>
> SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\System32
> WinDir: C:\WINDOWS
>
> HOME = `E:\Apps\cygwin\home\JesusFreke'
> MAKE_MODE = `unix'
> PWD = `/usr/systemtest'
> USER = `JesusFreke'
>
> Use `-r' to scan registry
>
> a: fd N/A N/A
> c: hd NTFS 94993Mb 10% CP CS UN PA FC
> d: hd NTFS 95778Mb 88% CP CS UN PA FC Huge Partition
of -=|DOOM|=-
> e: hd NTFS 74292Mb 56% CP CS UN PA FC Fast Bugger
> f: cd CDFS 42Mb 100% CS UN X2289A0
> g: cd N/A N/A
> h: cd CDFS 615Mb 100% CS UN MSDVVSD3
>
> E:\Apps\cygwin / system binmode
> E:\Apps\cygwin\bin /usr/bin system binmode
> E:\Apps\cygwin\lib /usr/lib system binmode
> . /cygdrive system binmode,cygdrive
>
> Not Found: awk
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cat.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cp.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\find.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\grep.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\ld.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\ls.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\make.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\mv.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\rm.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\sed.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\sh.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\tar.exe
>
> 949k 2003/09/20 C:\WINDOWS\System32\cygwin1.dll
> Cygwin DLL version info:
> DLL version: 1.5.5
> DLL epoch: 19
> DLL bad signal mask: 19005
> DLL old termios: 5
> DLL malloc env: 28
> API major: 0
> API minor: 94
> Shared data: 3
> DLL identifier: cygwin1
> Mount registry: 2
> Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
> Cygwin registry name: Cygwin
> Program options name: Program Options
> Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
> Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
> Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
> Cygdrive default prefix:
> Build date: Sat Sep 20 16:31:15 EDT 2003
> CVS tag: cr-0x9b
> Shared id: cygwin1S3
>
> 61k 2003/08/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygbz2-1.dll
> 14k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygcharset-1.dll
> 22k 2003/10/17 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygcygipc-2.dll
> 132k 2003/07/12 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygexpat-0.dll
> 35k 2002/01/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygform6.dll
> 361k 2003/10/25 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygfreetype-6.dll
> 28k 2003/07/20 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-3.dll
> 30k 2003/08/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-4.dll
> 19k 2003/03/22 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll
> 15k 2003/07/20 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm_compat-3.dll
> 15k 2003/08/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm_compat-4.dll
> 69k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggettextlib-0-12-1.dll
> 12k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggettextpo-0.dll
> 134k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggettextsrc-0-12-1.dll
> 17k 2001/06/28 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll
> 29k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyghistory5.dll
> 958k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll
> 22k 2001/12/13 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygintl-1.dll
> 37k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygintl-2.dll
> 21k 2001/06/20 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygintl.dll
> 20k 2002/01/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygmenu6.dll
> 175k 2002/01/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++6.dll
> 202k 2002/01/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygncurses6.dll
> 12k 2002/01/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpanel6.dll
> 62k 2003/12/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpcre-0.dll
> 63k 2003/04/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpcre.dll
> 9k 2003/12/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix-0.dll
> 61k 2003/04/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix.dll
> 22k 2002/06/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpopt-0.dll
> 108k 2001/06/28 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll
> 148k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygreadline5.dll
> 60k 2003/08/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll
> 949k 2003/09/20 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll
> Cygwin DLL version info:
> DLL version: 1.5.5
> DLL epoch: 19
> DLL bad signal mask: 19005
> DLL old termios: 5
> DLL malloc env: 28
> API major: 0
> API minor: 94
> Shared data: 3
> DLL identifier: cygwin1
> Mount registry: 2
> Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
> Cygwin registry name: Cygwin
> Program options name: Program Options
> Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
> Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
> Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
> Cygdrive default prefix:
> Build date: Sat Sep 20 16:31:15 EDT 2003
> CVS tag: cr-0x9b
> Shared id: cygwin1S3
>
>
> Cygwin Package Information
> Package Version
> ash 20031007-1
> astyle 1.15.3-3
> autoconf 2.59-1
> autoconf-devel 2.59-1
> autoconf-stable 2.13-5
> automake 1.7.9-1
> automake-devel 1.7.9-1
> automake-stable 1.4p6-2
> base-files 2.6-1
> base-passwd 1.1-1
> bash 2.05b-16
> binutils 20030901-1
> bzip2 1.0.2-5
> ccache 2.2-1
> cmake 1.8.2-1
> cygipc 2.02-1
> cygwin 1.5.5-1
> diffutils 2.8.4-1
> editrights 1.01-1
> ELFIO 1.0.0-1
> expat 1.95.6-2
> fileutils 4.1-2
> findutils 4.1.7-4
> gcc 3.3.1-3
> gcc-g++ 3.3.1-3
> gcc-mingw 20030911-4
> gcc-mingw-core 20031020-1
> gcc-mingw-g++ 20031020-1
> gdb 20030919-1
> gdbm 1.8.3-7
> gettext 0.12.1-3
> gettext-devel 0.12.1-3
> grep 2.5-1
> gzip 1.3.5-1
> libbz2_1 1.0.2-5
> libcharset1 1.9.1-3
> libfreetype2-devel 2.1.5-1
> libfreetype26 2.1.5-1
> libgdbm 1.8.0-5
> libgdbm-devel 1.8.3-7
> libgdbm3 1.8.3-3
> libgdbm4 1.8.3-7
> libgettextpo0 0.12.1-3
> libiconv 1.9.1-3
> libiconv2 1.9.1-3
> libintl 0.10.38-3
> libintl1 0.10.40-1
> libintl2 0.12.1-3
> libncurses6 5.2-8
> libpcre 4.1-1
> libpcre0 4.5-1
> libpopt0 1.6.4-4
> libreadline4 4.1-2
> libreadline5 4.3-5
> libtool 1.5b-1
> libtool-devel 1.5-3
> libtool-stable 1.4.3-2
> login 1.9-7
> make 3.80-1
> man 1.5k-1
> mktemp 1.5-3
> nasm 0.98.38-1
> pcre 4.5-1
> pcre-doc 4.5-1
> pkgconfig 0.15.0-4
> procmail 3.22-8
> readline 4.3-5
> sed 4.0.8-1
> sh-utils 2.0.15-4
> tar 1.13.25-5
> tcltk 20030901-1
> termcap 20021106-2
> terminfo 5.3_20030726-1
> texinfo 4.2-4
> textutils 2.0.21-1
> w32api 2.4-1
> which 1.5-2
> zlib 1.1.4-4
> Use -h to see help about each section
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
> thanks,
> JesusFreke
>
>
>
>
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