From: "Peter S Tillier" <petert AT deadspam DOT com>
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Subject: Re: gawk 3.1.1 DJGPP v2.04 on Windows 2000 Pro problem using system() function and LFNs
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 07:35:58 -0000
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"Charles Sandmann" <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu> wrote in message
news:3e360683 DOT sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu...
> > My suspicion was that the system() command in gawk was
> > invoking command.com rather than cmd.exe, although I
> > assume that the value of COMSPEC would be checked by
> > the gawk code.
>
> Try:
>  SET SHELL=%comspec%
>
> before running.  Don't have time to try it, but I'm curious if it
> makes a difference.
>

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the suggestion.  I'll try it and post the results.

Peter
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