From: mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke)
Subject: Re: system() problem
19 Jan 1998 20:16:17 -0800
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Hi Dezso,

[...]
>#include <stdlib.h>
>int main (void)
>{
>        int i;
>        i = system ("dir");
>        return i;
>}
>
>When I run the program it prints "failure!!!!!" and returns -1.
>The system() did not work with any other arguments I tried except NULL when
> it returned 1 (and
>there was no failure message then).
>
>Is it a bug or did I do something wrong?

Don't know, what you did wrong. Your code works here without any
problem. Even if not, I can't imagine, who or what is responsible for
the "failure" printout. Neither dir nor the system function ever print
such a message.

>
>Thank you,
>
>     Dezso Kovacs

Bye.
Michael.
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