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Re: g77, cygwin, Win XP Pro, CALL System(Command, Status)
Eljay Love-Jensen wrote:
Hi Lars,
>How can I test if the routine CALL System works correct?
I do not know. I am not familiar with FORTRAN or the vagaries of its
CALL System. I suspect that CALL System is very platform dependent.
>Is it possible that the routine does not send the 'command' to the
active win-XP-shell?
I would expect that the CALL System command should launch a brand new
shell, not interact with the active win-XP-shell.
But I'm beyond my knowledge, so it's utter speculative guesswork.
The following works on Linux (actually, Debian test):
$ cat steinke.f
CALL SYSTEM('clear')
END
$ g77 steinke.f
$ ./a.out
<clears screen>
So it basically works. Now why it doesn't work on Windows is beyond me,
but I have to work daily with people who use Windows and most of what is
happening to them is incomprensible (both by them and by me).
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