Problem executing system command in Cygwin programs launched from DOS shell

[Benjamin Riefenstahl]

Hi Mark,

Mark Schoenberg <mark@emmestech.com> writes:
>      As documented below, I am having trouble getting a
> Cygwin-compiled program to execute the "system" comand when launched
> from a DOS shell or a Win32 application.

>From the man page for system(3):

        Use system to pass a command string to /bin/sh on your system,
        and wait for it to finish executing.

IOW, system() requires /bin/sh to exist. 

so long, benny
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