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Date:	Sun, 05 Sep 2004 06:17:39 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>From: "one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com" <one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com>
>>Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 03:52:28 GMT
>>
>>
>>>MS-DOS command.com date is an internal command so it is matched in
>>>command's internal command table if no explicit path prefix is given;
>>>for internal commands, there is no way to get command to search the
>>>path.
>>
>>That is true. It seems that bash can by pass this problem.
>>Not sure how it is done in bash.
> 
> 
> Bash doesn't have the built-in `date' command, that's why.  Someone
> already explained that in this thread.
> 

I am checking how bash can call date.exe correctly even if it doesn't 
have the built-in command. Your answer below might answer the qusetion
since system() in djgpp won't call call date.exe first.

> 
>>I tried to write a program to call from createproess() instead of
>>system(), it seems that date.exe is still from msdos.
> 
> 
> The DJGPP version of `system' should have found date.exe first.  And
> we don't have `createprocess' in DJGPP.  Are you at all using DJGPP?

I use both djgpp and VC++. system() in VC++ will call date.exe first if 
found. Thanks.

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