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Re: cygwin's system() function RESOLVED


nevermind, I finally found the solution in an earlier post in this
newsgroup. I didn't have cygwin's bin directory in my window's PATH.

JesusFreke



"news.gmane.org" <JesusFreke@JesusFreke.com> wrote in message
bt80hq$g36$1@sea.gmane.org">news:bt80hq$g36$1@sea.gmane.org...
> Hello,
>
> I'm having problems getting the system() function to work correctly
outside
> of the cygwin environment.
>
> for example, I compile the  following file in the BASH environment using
the
> command
>
> gcc systemtest.c -out systemtest.exe
>
> int main(void)
> {
>  return system("notepad.exe");
> }
>
> then, while I'm in the BASH enviroment, I can run systemtest.exe, and it
> will open up notepad.
>
> however, if I try to run it from the windows environment, it doesn't do
> anything. It just runs and ends. no error messages or anything.
>
> I tried a number of different absolute paths to notepad, i.e.
>
> "c:\\windows\\system32\\notepad.exe"
> "c:/windows/systems32/notepad.exe"
> "/cygdrive/c/windows/system32/notepad.exe"
>
> system returns 127 when I run it in the windows environment, with
> "notepad.exe" as the parameter, and 0 when I run it in the cygwin
enviroment
> with "notepad.exe" as the parameter.
>
> It returns -1 when I run it in the windows or cygwin environment, and pass
> it a null value.
>
> anyone have any ideas how to resolve this?
>
>
> here is the info from cygcheck -sysinfo
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
> Current System Time: Sat Jan 03 20:08:46 2004
>
> Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1
>
> Path: E:\Apps\cygwin\usr\local\bin
>  E:\Apps\cygwin\bin
>  E:\Apps\cygwin\bin
>  E:\Apps\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
>  c:\Perl\bin\
>  c:\WINDOWS\system32
>  c:\WINDOWS
>  c:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
>  c:\Program Files\NMapWin\bin
>
> Output from E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec)
> UID: 500(JesusFreke) GID: 513(None)
> 513(None)
>
> Output from E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec)
> UID: 500(JesusFreke) GID: 513(None)
> 513(None)              544(Administrators)
> 551(Backup Operators)  545(Users)
> 1005(Debugger Users)
>
> SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\System32
> WinDir: C:\WINDOWS
>
> HOME = `E:\Apps\cygwin\home\JesusFreke'
> MAKE_MODE = `unix'
> PWD = `/usr/systemtest'
> USER = `JesusFreke'
>
> Use `-r' to scan registry
>
> a:  fd           N/A    N/A
> c:  hd  NTFS   94993Mb  10% CP CS UN PA FC
> d:  hd  NTFS   95778Mb  88% CP CS UN PA FC     Huge Partition
of -=|DOOM|=-
> e:  hd  NTFS   74292Mb  56% CP CS UN PA FC     Fast Bugger
> f:  cd  CDFS      42Mb 100%    CS UN           X2289A0
> g:  cd           N/A    N/A
> h:  cd  CDFS     615Mb 100%    CS UN           MSDVVSD3
>
> E:\Apps\cygwin      /          system  binmode
> E:\Apps\cygwin\bin  /usr/bin   system  binmode
> E:\Apps\cygwin\lib  /usr/lib   system  binmode
> .                   /cygdrive  system  binmode,cygdrive
>
> Not Found: awk
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cat.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cp.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\find.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\grep.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\ld.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\ls.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\make.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\mv.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\rm.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\sed.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\sh.exe
> Found: E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\tar.exe
>
>   949k 2003/09/20 C:\WINDOWS\System32\cygwin1.dll
>     Cygwin DLL version info:
>         DLL version: 1.5.5
>         DLL epoch: 19
>         DLL bad signal mask: 19005
>         DLL old termios: 5
>         DLL malloc env: 28
>         API major: 0
>         API minor: 94
>         Shared data: 3
>         DLL identifier: cygwin1
>         Mount registry: 2
>         Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
>         Cygwin registry name: Cygwin
>         Program options name: Program Options
>         Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
>         Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
>         Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
>         Cygdrive default prefix:
>         Build date: Sat Sep 20 16:31:15 EDT 2003
>         CVS tag: cr-0x9b
>         Shared id: cygwin1S3
>
>    61k 2003/08/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygbz2-1.dll
>    14k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygcharset-1.dll
>    22k 2003/10/17 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygcygipc-2.dll
>   132k 2003/07/12 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygexpat-0.dll
>    35k 2002/01/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygform6.dll
>   361k 2003/10/25 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygfreetype-6.dll
>    28k 2003/07/20 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-3.dll
>    30k 2003/08/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-4.dll
>    19k 2003/03/22 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll
>    15k 2003/07/20 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm_compat-3.dll
>    15k 2003/08/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm_compat-4.dll
>    69k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggettextlib-0-12-1.dll
>    12k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggettextpo-0.dll
>   134k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyggettextsrc-0-12-1.dll
>    17k 2001/06/28 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll
>    29k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cyghistory5.dll
>   958k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll
>    22k 2001/12/13 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygintl-1.dll
>    37k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygintl-2.dll
>    21k 2001/06/20 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygintl.dll
>    20k 2002/01/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygmenu6.dll
>   175k 2002/01/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++6.dll
>   202k 2002/01/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygncurses6.dll
>    12k 2002/01/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpanel6.dll
>    62k 2003/12/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpcre-0.dll
>    63k 2003/04/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpcre.dll
>     9k 2003/12/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix-0.dll
>    61k 2003/04/11 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix.dll
>    22k 2002/06/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygpopt-0.dll
>   108k 2001/06/28 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll
>   148k 2003/08/10 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygreadline5.dll
>    60k 2003/08/09 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll
>   949k 2003/09/20 E:\Apps\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll
>     Cygwin DLL version info:
>         DLL version: 1.5.5
>         DLL epoch: 19
>         DLL bad signal mask: 19005
>         DLL old termios: 5
>         DLL malloc env: 28
>         API major: 0
>         API minor: 94
>         Shared data: 3
>         DLL identifier: cygwin1
>         Mount registry: 2
>         Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
>         Cygwin registry name: Cygwin
>         Program options name: Program Options
>         Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
>         Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
>         Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
>         Cygdrive default prefix:
>         Build date: Sat Sep 20 16:31:15 EDT 2003
>         CVS tag: cr-0x9b
>         Shared id: cygwin1S3
>
>
> Cygwin Package Information
> Package              Version
> ash                  20031007-1
> astyle               1.15.3-3
> autoconf             2.59-1
> autoconf-devel       2.59-1
> autoconf-stable      2.13-5
> automake             1.7.9-1
> automake-devel       1.7.9-1
> automake-stable      1.4p6-2
> base-files           2.6-1
> base-passwd          1.1-1
> bash                 2.05b-16
> binutils             20030901-1
> bzip2                1.0.2-5
> ccache               2.2-1
> cmake                1.8.2-1
> cygipc               2.02-1
> cygwin               1.5.5-1
> diffutils            2.8.4-1
> editrights           1.01-1
> ELFIO                1.0.0-1
> expat                1.95.6-2
> fileutils            4.1-2
> findutils            4.1.7-4
> gcc                  3.3.1-3
> gcc-g++              3.3.1-3
> gcc-mingw            20030911-4
> gcc-mingw-core       20031020-1
> gcc-mingw-g++        20031020-1
> gdb                  20030919-1
> gdbm                 1.8.3-7
> gettext              0.12.1-3
> gettext-devel        0.12.1-3
> grep                 2.5-1
> gzip                 1.3.5-1
> libbz2_1             1.0.2-5
> libcharset1          1.9.1-3
> libfreetype2-devel   2.1.5-1
> libfreetype26        2.1.5-1
> libgdbm              1.8.0-5
> libgdbm-devel        1.8.3-7
> libgdbm3             1.8.3-3
> libgdbm4             1.8.3-7
> libgettextpo0        0.12.1-3
> libiconv             1.9.1-3
> libiconv2            1.9.1-3
> libintl              0.10.38-3
> libintl1             0.10.40-1
> libintl2             0.12.1-3
> libncurses6          5.2-8
> libpcre              4.1-1
> libpcre0             4.5-1
> libpopt0             1.6.4-4
> libreadline4         4.1-2
> libreadline5         4.3-5
> libtool              1.5b-1
> libtool-devel        1.5-3
> libtool-stable       1.4.3-2
> login                1.9-7
> make                 3.80-1
> man                  1.5k-1
> mktemp               1.5-3
> nasm                 0.98.38-1
> pcre                 4.5-1
> pcre-doc             4.5-1
> pkgconfig            0.15.0-4
> procmail             3.22-8
> readline             4.3-5
> sed                  4.0.8-1
> sh-utils             2.0.15-4
> tar                  1.13.25-5
> tcltk                20030901-1
> termcap              20021106-2
> terminfo             5.3_20030726-1
> texinfo              4.2-4
> textutils            2.0.21-1
> w32api               2.4-1
> which                1.5-2
> zlib                 1.1.4-4
> Use -h to see help about each section
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
> thanks,
> JesusFreke
>
>
>
>




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