system() function doesnt work outside cygwin
Pavel Tsekov
ptsekov@syntrex.com
Tue Nov 6 00:16:00 GMT 2001
Can you hand the output of "cygcheck -s -v" and also your
windows path ("echo %PATH%" in a cmd window) ?
mbuch@IFF572.IFF.KFA-JUELICH.DE wrote:
>
> My application (build with unix layer, recent cygwin
> distro, win2K) cant call other programs using the system()
> fucntion when started from outside the cygwin enviroment.
> I have tryed out both posix and unix complete path
> without success.
> Here is a simple code that reproduces the problem:
>
> main()
> {
> system("notepad");
> }
>
> It works fine when invoked from within cygwin
> but when called fron windows nothing happens.
>
> Anyone knows what i am doing wrong ?
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