From: "Ruth Baigent" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: anyone used java with djgpp? Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 20:07:10 -0700 Organization: Virgin News Service Lines: 18 Message-ID: <7kbgbc$cad$1@nclient3-gui.server.virgin.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.168.65.204 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Hi I'm trying to integrate some legacy code, compiled in DJGPP, with a java app. The java app calls the DJGPP-compiled app.exe with a system call (System.exec("app.exe")). As I understand this function it should run the app "as if" from the DOS command line. BUT the DJGPP app never exits, thus blocking the java app forever. When run from the command line app.exe is fine. I made a really simple DJGPP app to test this, and it was exactly the same - the process never exits, and the java is held up forever. Any ideas why this should happen? thanks RB