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RE: problem - system api on winnt


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guntupalli, Santhi [mailto:santhi.guntupalli@digital.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 1:42 PM
> To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
> Subject: problem - system api on winnt
> 
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> > 	I installed Cygwin Dll 1.3.6. I am working on Win NT.
> > 	I built the sources in cygwin sucessfully.
> > 	I have to use this application executable on some other win nt
> > system which does not have cygwin.
> > 	
> > 	When i run my application from winnt promt it is returning for
> > system api return code 127.
> > 	I copied only cygwin1.dll to that system.
> > 	This is sample program.
> > 	Implementation of copy command.
> > 
> > 	sample.cpp:
> > 
> > 	int main()
> > 	{
> > 
> > 	int exit_code=::system("cp test.cpp test1.cpp");
> > 	cout<<exit_code;
> > 	}
> > 
> > 	I built the sample.cpp in cygwin. i got the executable. when run
> > executable from cygwin prompt system api is executing the 	command
> > properly and returns exit_code as 0.
> > 
> > 	When i copy the same executable to some other machine 
> which does not
> > have cygwin and i run it from winnt cmd promt
> > 
> > 	system api is returning error code as 127.  It is not executing
> > system api. 
> > 	cygwin1.dll is in path.
> > 	Not only cp command, it is returning same error code 
> for all other
> > commands.
> > 	
> > 	What could be the problem. i need to copy any other 
> cygwin dlls to
> > my application?

"cp" is a cygwin command, so no surprise if you can't execute it if cygwin
is not installed. You'd rather try to execute a WIN32 command (like copy).

HTH

	Bernard

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