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> system(string);  /* string contains "copy <source path> <dest path>" */
> 
> ... as I tried?  It compiles OK, and appears to execute when I single-step 
> the program under RHIDE, but it takes an instant - not a minute or more - 
> and the file doesn't get copied.  I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Are you checking the error return?  There is no "copy" system program,
it's a shell built-in.  DJGPP may not be able to access the same
built-ins as the dos shell.