Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!hoss!fergvax!252u3130 From: 252u3130@fergvax.unl.edu (Phil Dietz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Probs with System() and ctrl-c's Message-ID: <1990Nov16.220256.8200@hoss.unl.edu> Date: 16 Nov 90 22:02:56 GMT References: Sender: news@hoss.unl.edu (Network News Administer) Organization: Comp Sci and Engr, Univ. of Nebr. Lines: 17 I'm invoking dos commands via system() with my Lattice 5.04 compiler. Every so often, the dos command (zoo) will go into an infinte loop spewing out file xxx - skipping..... Well, no matter what break signal I send (ctrl-c, d, e, f, \) it just wont break. Is there away to be able to pass a ctrl-c break to a command that was executed VIA system()??? Phil Dietz <<<=================--------- Cheap Ad ---------===================<<< Phil Dietz SWL Lincoln 565 MEGS! 2 lines 252u3130@fergvax.unl.edu (402)421-1963 AMIGA, IBM, MAC, GIFS IBM'ers and Mac'ers are shopping for a life. Amiga the best!