Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: "JesusFreke" Subject: Re: cygwin's system() function RESOLVED Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 21:56:40 -0600 Lines: 293 Message-ID: References: X-Complaints-To: usenet AT sea DOT gmane DOT org X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 nevermind, I finally found the solution in an earlier post in this newsgroup. I didn't have cygwin's bin directory in my window's PATH. JesusFreke "news.gmane.org" wrote in message news:bt80hq$g36$1 AT sea DOT gmane DOT org... > Hello, > > I'm having problems getting the system() function to work correctly outside > of the cygwin environment. > > for example, I compile the following file in the BASH environment using the > command > > gcc systemtest.c -out systemtest.exe > > int main(void) > { > return system("notepad.exe"); > } > > then, while I'm in the BASH enviroment, I can run systemtest.exe, and it > will open up notepad. > > however, if I try to run it from the windows environment, it doesn't do > anything. It just runs and ends. no error messages or anything. > > I tried a number of different absolute paths to notepad, i.e. > > "c:\\windows\\system32\\notepad.exe" > "c:/windows/systems32/notepad.exe" > "/cygdrive/c/windows/system32/notepad.exe" > > system returns 127 when I run it in the windows environment, with > "notepad.exe" as the parameter, and 0 when I run it in the cygwin enviroment > with "notepad.exe" as the parameter. > > It returns -1 when I run it in the windows or cygwin environment, and pass > it a null value. > > anyone have any ideas how to resolve this? > > > here is the info from cygcheck -sysinfo > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics > Current System Time: Sat Jan 03 20:08:46 2004 > > Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 > > Path: E:\Apps\cygwin\usr\local\bin > E:\Apps\cygwin\bin > E:\Apps\cygwin\bin > E:\Apps\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin > c:\Perl\bin\ > c:\WINDOWS\system32 > c:\WINDOWS > c:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem > c:\Program Files\NMapWin\bin > > Output from E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec) > UID: 500(JesusFreke) GID: 513(None) > 513(None) > > Output from E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec) > UID: 500(JesusFreke) GID: 513(None) > 513(None) 544(Administrators) > 551(Backup Operators) 545(Users) > 1005(Debugger Users) > > SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\System32 > WinDir: C:\WINDOWS > > HOME = `E:\Apps\cygwin\home\JesusFreke' > MAKE_MODE = `unix' > PWD = `/usr/systemtest' > USER = `JesusFreke' > > Use `-r' to scan registry > > a: fd N/A N/A > c: hd NTFS 94993Mb 10% CP CS UN PA FC > d: hd NTFS 95778Mb 88% CP CS UN PA FC Huge Partition of -=|DOOM|=- > e: hd NTFS 74292Mb 56% CP CS UN PA FC Fast Bugger > f: cd CDFS 42Mb 100% CS UN X2289A0 > g: cd N/A N/A > h: cd CDFS 615Mb 100% CS UN MSDVVSD3 > > E:\Apps\cygwin / system binmode > E:\Apps\cygwin\bin /usr/bin system binmode > E:\Apps\cygwin\lib /usr/lib system binmode > . /cygdrive system binmode,cygdrive > > Not Found: awk > Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\bash.exe > Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cat.exe > Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cp.exe > Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe > Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\find.exe > Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe > Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe > Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\grep.exe > Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\ld.exe > Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\ls.exe > Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\make.exe > Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\mv.exe > Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\rm.exe > Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\sed.exe > Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\sh.exe > Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\tar.exe > > 949k 2003/09/20 C:\WINDOWS\System32\cygwin1.dll > Cygwin DLL version info: > DLL version: 1.5.5 > DLL epoch: 19 > DLL bad signal mask: 19005 > DLL old termios: 5 > DLL malloc env: 28 > API major: 0 > API minor: 94 > Shared data: 3 > DLL identifier: cygwin1 > Mount registry: 2 > Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions > Cygwin registry name: Cygwin > Program options name: Program Options > Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 > Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags > Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix > Cygdrive default prefix: > Build date: Sat Sep 20 16:31:15 EDT 2003 > CVS tag: cr-0x9b > Shared id: cygwin1S3 > > 61k 2003/08/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygbz2-1.dll > 14k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygcharset-1.dll > 22k 2003/10/17 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygcygipc-2.dll > 132k 2003/07/12 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygexpat-0.dll > 35k 2002/01/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygform6.dll > 361k 2003/10/25 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygfreetype-6.dll > 28k 2003/07/20 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-3.dll > 30k 2003/08/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-4.dll > 19k 2003/03/22 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll > 15k 2003/07/20 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm_compat-3.dll > 15k 2003/08/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm_compat-4.dll > 69k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggettextlib-0-12-1.dll > 12k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggettextpo-0.dll > 134k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggettextsrc-0-12-1.dll > 17k 2001/06/28 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll > 29k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyghistory5.dll > 958k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll > 22k 2001/12/13 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygintl-1.dll > 37k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygintl-2.dll > 21k 2001/06/20 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygintl.dll > 20k 2002/01/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygmenu6.dll > 175k 2002/01/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++6.dll > 202k 2002/01/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygncurses6.dll > 12k 2002/01/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpanel6.dll > 62k 2003/12/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpcre-0.dll > 63k 2003/04/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpcre.dll > 9k 2003/12/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix-0.dll > 61k 2003/04/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix.dll > 22k 2002/06/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpopt-0.dll > 108k 2001/06/28 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll > 148k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygreadline5.dll > 60k 2003/08/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll > 949k 2003/09/20 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll > Cygwin DLL version info: > DLL version: 1.5.5 > DLL epoch: 19 > DLL bad signal mask: 19005 > DLL old termios: 5 > DLL malloc env: 28 > API major: 0 > API minor: 94 > Shared data: 3 > DLL identifier: cygwin1 > Mount registry: 2 > Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions > Cygwin registry name: Cygwin > Program options name: Program Options > Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 > Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags > Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix > Cygdrive default prefix: > Build date: Sat Sep 20 16:31:15 EDT 2003 > CVS tag: cr-0x9b > Shared id: cygwin1S3 > > > Cygwin Package Information > Package Version > ash 20031007-1 > astyle 1.15.3-3 > autoconf 2.59-1 > autoconf-devel 2.59-1 > autoconf-stable 2.13-5 > automake 1.7.9-1 > automake-devel 1.7.9-1 > automake-stable 1.4p6-2 > base-files 2.6-1 > base-passwd 1.1-1 > bash 2.05b-16 > binutils 20030901-1 > bzip2 1.0.2-5 > ccache 2.2-1 > cmake 1.8.2-1 > cygipc 2.02-1 > cygwin 1.5.5-1 > diffutils 2.8.4-1 > editrights 1.01-1 > ELFIO 1.0.0-1 > expat 1.95.6-2 > fileutils 4.1-2 > findutils 4.1.7-4 > gcc 3.3.1-3 > gcc-g++ 3.3.1-3 > gcc-mingw 20030911-4 > gcc-mingw-core 20031020-1 > gcc-mingw-g++ 20031020-1 > gdb 20030919-1 > gdbm 1.8.3-7 > gettext 0.12.1-3 > gettext-devel 0.12.1-3 > grep 2.5-1 > gzip 1.3.5-1 > libbz2_1 1.0.2-5 > libcharset1 1.9.1-3 > libfreetype2-devel 2.1.5-1 > libfreetype26 2.1.5-1 > libgdbm 1.8.0-5 > libgdbm-devel 1.8.3-7 > libgdbm3 1.8.3-3 > libgdbm4 1.8.3-7 > libgettextpo0 0.12.1-3 > libiconv 1.9.1-3 > libiconv2 1.9.1-3 > libintl 0.10.38-3 > libintl1 0.10.40-1 > libintl2 0.12.1-3 > libncurses6 5.2-8 > libpcre 4.1-1 > libpcre0 4.5-1 > libpopt0 1.6.4-4 > libreadline4 4.1-2 > libreadline5 4.3-5 > libtool 1.5b-1 > libtool-devel 1.5-3 > libtool-stable 1.4.3-2 > login 1.9-7 > make 3.80-1 > man 1.5k-1 > mktemp 1.5-3 > nasm 0.98.38-1 > pcre 4.5-1 > pcre-doc 4.5-1 > pkgconfig 0.15.0-4 > procmail 3.22-8 > readline 4.3-5 > sed 4.0.8-1 > sh-utils 2.0.15-4 > tar 1.13.25-5 > tcltk 20030901-1 > termcap 20021106-2 > terminfo 5.3_20030726-1 > texinfo 4.2-4 > textutils 2.0.21-1 > w32api 2.4-1 > which 1.5-2 > zlib 1.1.4-4 > Use -h to see help about each section > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > thanks, > JesusFreke > > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/