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From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.lang.c
Subject: system() always returns 0?
Keywords: MSC5.0
Message-ID: <782@hawkmoon.MN.ORG>
Date: 21 Jan 89 05:56:44 GMT
Organization: One of the Eternal Champions - Richfield, MN, 554232523, USA
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Has anyone encountered a problem with the Microsoft C 5.0 compiler always
returning a 0 from the system() call, no matter what the actual command
executed by system() returns?

Is there a fix for this or am i misunderstanding something fundamental about
the way the system() call works in msc5.0?  (Like the command.com always
returning the 0, which system(), in turn, returns to my program?)

I'm trying to determine whether or not the executed command succeeded or not by
looking at the completion code from system, ala:

	char buf[BUFSIZ];

	sprintf(buf,"rnews < D_elricf.3aa");
	if (!system(buf)) perror(buf);

and i'm having a hard time of it since system() always (seems) to return 0!

derek
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