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From: mark.freedman@canremote.uucp (MARK FREEDMAN)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: TurboC again
Message-ID: <90020320161571@masnet.uucp>
Date: 4 Feb 90 00:17:00 GMT
Organization: Canada Remote Systems Limited, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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sM>The problem lies in the fact that the "system()" call executes the
sM>named program directly without benefit of the "command.com" shell.

   Odd .... the Turbo C Reference Guide states "system invokes the
DOS COMMAND.COM file to execute a DOS command, batch file, or other
program".

   It continues on to state "system is available on UNIX systems and
is compatible with ANSI C. It is defined in Kernighan and Ritchie".

mark.freedman@canremote.uucp
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