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Subject: Re: ls.exe in execv
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> From: "one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com" <one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com>
> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 08:40:08 GMT
> 
> In windows,
> 
> does anybody know if there is a solution for not hanging when run 
> execv()? it seems that running notepad.exe is fine, however, running 
> "ls.exe" compiled with djgpp will hangup the application. Here is the 
> the sample code.
> 
> #include <windows.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> int main() {
>      char ** environ=_environ;/**** SYSTEM DEFINED ENVIRONMENT POINTER */
>      int retval;
> 
>      /* this is OK
>      char *argv[] = {"C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\notepad.exe", NULL};
>      retval = execv("C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\notepad.exe",  argv);
>      */
> 
>      /*  this will hang
>      */
>      char *argv[] = {"C:\\bin\\ls.exe", "C:\\", NULL};
>      retval = execv("C:\\bin\\ls.exe",  argv);

With what compiler did you compile this?  DJGPP doesn't have a
windows.h header, so it must be some other compiler, in which case the
problem must be in that other compiler or its associated libraries,
since the same program (without "#include <windows.h>") works for me.