X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f From: "Wes" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp References: Subject: Re: The system cannot execute the specified program Lines: 12 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Message-ID: <7m_Nf.69$e1.2@tornado.socal.rr.com> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:42:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 72.132.238.51 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT rr DOT com X-Trace: tornado.socal.rr.com 1141404163 72.132.238.51 (Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:42:43 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:42:43 PST Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online http://www.rr.com To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Thanks to everyone for their feedback. I'm limited to the solutions that will work for me because of the circumstances. I am trying to use the dos program by calling it from a Widget (see http://konfabulator.com). The widget can access dos programs through a function that invokes a unix shell. The problem occurs because the working directory for a widget is very far down a chain of directories, and is not changable. I have a work around that is not very pleasant. By placing the dos executable in the users root directory, I can work a call that can use it. This solution creeps me out, because it looks so much like a virus at work.