Re: Problem with 'system' function in Windows Vista

[Joost]

I keep forgetting what system(1, @command) does. (it's windows specific, right?)

If you're trying to run and wait for the the command to exit, have you tried using system(@command) instead?

[ikegami]

system(1, ...) is a Windows extention to create a process that runs asynchronously. It's an alternative to fork+exec. Unlike fork, system(1, ...) is natively supported, so it's much more resilient.

[jdtoronto]

Hi Joost,

The

I keep forgetting what system(1, @command) does. (it's windows specific, right?)

Is Windows specific, it is meant to give a non-blocking system call - it gets the result of the creation of the child process and returns it. I have also tried it without the 1, works as expected and gives the same error.

jdtoronto