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From: "Ross Boulet" <ross AT rossb DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>, "'Lars Steinke'" <lars DOT steinke AT tu-clausthal DOT de>
Subject: RE: g77 (new), Windows XP Professional, CALL System(Command,  Status), directory.
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 15:34:49 -0600
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Igor Pechtchanski
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 7:12 AM
> 
> On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Lars Steinke wrote:
> 
> > >On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Lars Steinke wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >>       call system('cmd.exe /c cls')
> > >>
> > >> works! Thank you Dave!
> > >>
> > >> Now I have a new problem with 'call system':
> > >> I wolud like to start a batch-file named '1.bat'.
> > >> 1.bat and my program are in the same directory (C:\test).
> > >>
> > >>       call system('1.bat')
> > >>       pause
> > >>       end
> > >>
> > >> Error-message:
> > >>
> > >> 1.bat: not found
> > >>
> > >> If i add the directory to the PATH:
> > >>
> > >> PATH=%PATH%;C:\test
> > >>
> > >> it works, but normally the current directory should be 
> scanned, also if
> > >> it is not in the PATH...?
> > >>
> > >> If I try to start my program from the cygwin-shell 
> (current directory is
> > >> the directory where the program is saved) i get the following
> > >> error-message:
> > >>
> > >> bash: a.exe: command not found
> > >>
> > >> This is no 'call system'-problem, but mayby there is a 
> correllation.
> > >>
> > >> Thank you very much, Lars.
> > >
> > >Lars,
> > >
> > >In Cygwin, like in most Unixes, and unlike Windows, "." 
> (the current
> > >directory) has to explicitly be in the PATH for programs 
> to be found there
> > >(see <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC36>).  As the 
> FAQ says, you can
> > >prepend "./" to the name of the program in the current directory.
> > >Alternatively, you can add "." to the PATH, either in your 
> environment, or
> > >via a "putenv" call if FORTRAN supports it.
> >
> > Ok, but I have the same situation in Windows and in windows 
> normally the "." should be scanned, also if it is not in the PATH.
> > If my program tries to invoke 1.bat (Win-shell) it fails 
> (1.bat: not found), although it is in the same directory (and 
> it is not a builtin command).
> > If I try to compile:
> >
> >       CALL System('.\1.bat')
> >
> > ?.bat: not found
> >
> >
> >       CALL System('cmd.exe /c 1.bat') works, but 1.bat is 
> not a builtin command...?
> >
> >
> > >P.S. FYI, system("cmd /c cls") won't work on Win9x.
> >
> > Is there a command which fits both?
> > Thanks, Lars.
> 
> Wrong slash.  Try
> 
> 	CALL System('./1.bat')
> 
> As for Win9x, they use "command.com", not "cmd.exe"...  I 
> doubt there's a
> command that'll do both (unless you get the value of the COMSPEC
> environment variable and use that)...  You can also use the "clear"
> command (in the "clear" package).
> HTH,
> 	Igor

This is probably way OT for this list, but AFAIK, command.com continues to
be provided on Windows, so

   CALL System('command.com /c 1.bat')

Might work from Windows 9x all the way to 2003 Server.

Ross



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