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> From: "one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com" <one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com>
> Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 03:52:28 GMT
> 
> > MS-DOS command.com date is an internal command so it is matched in
> > command's internal command table if no explicit path prefix is given;
> > for internal commands, there is no way to get command to search the
> > path.
> 
> That is true. It seems that bash can by pass this problem.
> Not sure how it is done in bash.

Bash doesn't have the built-in `date' command, that's why.  Someone
already explained that in this thread.

> I tried to write a program to call from createproess() instead of
> system(), it seems that date.exe is still from msdos.

The DJGPP version of `system' should have found date.exe first.  And
we don't have `createprocess' in DJGPP.  Are you at all using DJGPP?