g77, cygwin, Win XP Pro, CALL System(Command, Status)

[Lars Steinke]

Hi,

if I compile
      CALL System('cls')
on Win98. It works on 98 and the same program works on XP too (win-XP-shell).


If I try to run the ("XP"-)program in the cygwin-shell (XP-OS):

bash: a.exe: command not found

?


How can I test if the routine CALL System works correct?
Is it possible that the routine does not send the 'command' to the active win-XP-shell?

Lars



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>Hi Lars,
>
> > I guess the routine CALL System does not work?
>
>Hmmm, maybe.
>
>There is no "cls" application, nor "dir" application.  Both of those are
>cooked into the CMD.EXE shell.
>
> >BTW: clear is a unix-command. Can it work in a dos-shell with cygwin?
>
>I presumed your shell was the CygWin bash shell, since you mentioned
>CygWin.  Since clear (or more appropriately, clear.exe in CygWin) is an
>application, I was hoping it'd work in this situation.  But alas.
>
>I am surprised that the X3.64 "ESC [ 2 J" sequence didn't work.  The
>console you must be working with must not be "ANSI.SYS" savvy.  Alas and alack!
>
>Hmmm, I'm not a FORTRAN guy, so I don't have any more tricks up my sleeve
>that'd be appropriate.  (Unless there's an NCurses analog for FORTRAN...)
>
>Sorry,
>--Eljay
>
>