Re: system command

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From: Landslidius MarXaMis
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 1995 00:00

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In article <3sprhr$6g6@venera.isi.edu>, gsingh@isi.edu (Gaurav Singh) says:

>
>Hi,
>
>        I am trying to execute the "system" command to execute an application
>(executable program).
>However the system command does not work if the name of the application has been
>aliased.
>
>        e.g: $ alias test ps
>             $ test
>                (this works)
>        
>        however system("test"); in a c-program does not work.
>
>        sh: test: not found
>


looks to me like you're shelling out to a bourne shell, judging
from your err msg, and the alias cmd is in the C shell.

off the top of my head try:

		system("tcsh test");

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From: markjr@shmooze.net (Landslidius MarXaMis)
Subject: Re: system command
Date: 1995/07/05
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