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From: Mark Gordon <mark DOT cygwin AT ruddygore DOT net>
To: Jorge Goncalvez <goncal11 AT col DOT bsf DOT alcatel DOT fr>, cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Subject: Re: system not working as expected
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 14:49:41 +0100
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On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 15:38:57 +0200 (MEST), Jorge Goncalvez
<goncal11 AT col DOT bsf DOT alcatel DOT fr> wrote:

>I have made an application in C code it runs great if I launched it from Cygwin 
>Bash shell but if I launched it from Dos shell the call of system fails.
>Why?My cygcheck is 

<snip>

>  678k 2001/05/21 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\cygwin1.dll

Well, to start with you are not meant to put cygwin1.dll in your
system directory. It should only be in C:\cygwin\bin\ where the setup
program puts it.

If you want to call cygwin applications from Dos shells or windows
programs then add C:\cygwin\bin\ to your normal Dos path.
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Mark Gordon - To email me replace spamtrap with mark.gordon
	If at first you dont suceed, cheat.

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