Re: system command

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From: Thanh Ma
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 1995 00:00

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markjr@shmooze.net (Landslidius MarXaMis) writes:

>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");

or specify the full pathname of test.

Thanh Ma
tma@encore.com

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From: tma@encore.com (Thanh Ma)
Subject: Re: system command
Date: 1995/07/06
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