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Subject: Re: Problem executing system command in Cygwin programs launched from DOS shell
References: <200102201056 DOT FAA20778 AT gtei1 DOT bellatlantic DOT net>
From: Benjamin Riefenstahl <Benjamin DOT Riefenstahl AT ision DOT net>
Date: 20 Feb 2001 20:04:15 +0100
In-Reply-To: Mark Schoenberg's message of "Tue, 20 Feb 2001 05:56:13 -0500 (EST)"
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Hi Mark,

Mark Schoenberg <mark AT emmestech DOT com> writes:
>      As documented below, I am having trouble getting a
> Cygwin-compiled program to execute the "system" comand when launched
> from a DOS shell or a Win32 application.

From the man page for system(3):

        Use system to pass a command string to /bin/sh on your system,
        and wait for it to finish executing.

IOW, system() requires /bin/sh to exist. 

so long, benny
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