Re: system() problem

[mh at mike dot franken dot de (Michael Hirmke)]

Hi Dezso,

[...]
>#include <stdlib.h>
>int main (void)
>{
>        int i;
>        i = system ("dir");
>        return i;
>}
>
>When I run the program it prints "failure!!!!!" and returns -1.
>The system() did not work with any other arguments I tried except NULL when
> it returned 1 (and
>there was no failure message then).
>
>Is it a bug or did I do something wrong?

Don't know, what you did wrong. Your code works here without any
problem. Even if not, I can't imagine, who or what is responsible for
the "failure" printout. Neither dir nor the system function ever print
such a message.

>
>Thank you,
>
>     Dezso Kovacs

Bye.
Michael.
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