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From: deln@druhi.ATT.COM (SloaneN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: HELP: MSC system call
Message-ID: <4267@druhi.ATT.COM>
Date: 24 May 89 15:25:04 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: AT&T, Denver, CO
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I'm having a problem with the return code from system().  What
appears to happen is that the return code (as the manual states)
indicates whether command.com could successfully execute the command
or not.  How do I get the exit code of the spawned command?

eg.  exit_code= system( "cl -E ......" );

if "cl" fails, I still get a zero return code because the "system"
command successfully spawned "cl".  What I want is the exit code
from "cl".

Thanks in advance,

Nikki