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From: "Andris Pavenis" <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 14:27:50 +0300
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Subject: Bug in system ()   (DJGPP-2.02)
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Hi!

There is following bug in function system() in last alpha version of 
DJGPP (file src/libc/ansi/stdlib/system.c in djlsr202.zip):

system ("somename.bat");

crashes DOS session under WIN95 as plainsystem() errorously 
uses __spawnve() [line 233] instead of invoking shell. That of course
is wrong for BAT file.

Here is simple example that ilustrates the problem:
//----------------------   test.cc  ---------------------
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <fstream>

void build_bat ()
  {
      ofstream os ("test.bat");
      os << "dir\nls\n";
  }

int  main (void)
  {
      build_bat ();
      return system ("test.bat");
  }

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I found this problem because of make-3.77 built with djdev202
was still "sitting" in $DJDIR/bin (instead of official port). Attempt
to run bat file from make crashed DOS session.

Andris