Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20010115102632.0233eb30@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 10:27:39 -0500 To: J H Buffington , "cygwin@cygwin.com" From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: RE: gawk system() problem? In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010114185156.0289aee0@mail.pacific.net> References: <1DAF66E890E7D411828000D0B7912222ED3C@MSNLMX01> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 09:55 PM 1/14/2001, J H Buffington wrote: >At 03:48 PM 1/15/01 +1300, Hoyt, Ben wrote: > >> > This works for me >> > BEGIN { >> > print system("command.com /c dir") >> > } >> > >> > but I'm sure that command.com is in my path. >> > I suppose if you're on NT, it might be cmd.exe. >> > >> Interesting. It doesn't for me. :-( I'm running Win95 and >>command.com is definitely in my path. The above awk program simply displays >>a "0" and nothing else. I guess by "it works for me" you mean displaying the >>directory? Hmmm.. oh well. Thanks again. > > >Yes, I see the directory followed by 0. > >See what happens when you type "which command.com" >at the bash prompt. > >Try substituting that output for "command.com" in the system call. > >BTW, I'm stuck in the "stone age" at Cygwin 1.0 (CD version). >Later versions may work differently. In this area, the "stone age" and the current release coincide. There is no difference in functionality. Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple