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

[Toon Moene]

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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