Re: system "feature"

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Mike Sabal writes:
> I guess what it comes down to is how does system call
> directory information as opposed to current_dir or any
> other such thing.  Is this something that Rob is doing differently
> or is it something inherent to Watcom?  This seems to be a
> very low-level problem, perhaps on the assembly interrupt level.
>  Rob?

system() calls the WATCOM C system().
Did you try running it with exw?
Since ex runs on DOS, system()
might be limited somehow.

Also, system() opens a new shell, and might
not have the same environment variables visible.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com

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