Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/04/02/23:42:16
Brian Kramer wrote:
> I have a simple C++ file I am using to spawn pwd.exe and mkdir.exe. These are
> causing stackdumps. Can anyone help me resolve this? ls.exe does not cause a
> stackdump.
>
> The same C++ file compiles using Visual Studio and the output is as expected.
>
> In particular on Windows:
> pid=1996
> /cygdrive/e/tempprojects/pwd/Debug
> done
>
> And under cygwin:
> pid=5860
> (pwd.exe.stackdump written)
> done
>
> Here's my program:
>
> #include <process.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> int main()
> {
> char* argv[] = {"pwd.exe", 0};
> int pid = spawnvp( _P_NOWAIT, argv[0], argv );
> printf("pid=%d\n",pid);
>
> int termstat;
> cwait( &termstat, pid, WAIT_CHILD );
> printf("done\n");
>
> return 0;
> }
You should include the path to "pwd.exe" (i.e. "/bin/pwd.exe"). If this
doesn't solve your problem, I suggest you read and follow the problem
reporting guidelines found here:
> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FWIW, with the correction I suggested, this works fine for me with Cygwin
1.5.19.
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