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From: | Martin Str|mberg <ams AT father DOT ludd DOT luth DOT se> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: Incorrect resolution of COMSPEC environment variable on WinNT |
Date: | Fri, 29 Jun 2001 17:57:15 +0000 (UTC) |
Organization: | University of Lulea, Sweden |
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Jonathon Merz <jmerz42 AT earthlink DOT net> wrote: : Is this a bug or am I missing something? : With the following code: : main() : { : char *comspec_value = getenv("COMSPEC"); : printf("%s\n", comspec_value); : } : When compiled with DJGPP's gcc on WinNT 4, the output is: : C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\COMMAND.COM In that same window type "set" and verify that COMSPEC really is what you think it is. I've noticed that if you start by a .BAT file I'd get C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\COMMAND.COM (not on NT but on a similar OS). Right, MartinS
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