C++ system() not working!!?!? (Cygwin bash shell?)

[dargueta]

Are you running Unix or some other OS?

[marwex89]

WinXP SP2
Stable stuff, I thought..

[dargueta]

Have you tried running the commands in cmd.exe yourself? Like typing CLS and PAUSE? If it's a problem with cmd.exe then you need a new copy. Otherwise your program is sending the command to the wrong place (what is "sh" anyway?)

[marwex89]

My cmd.exe is fine, running batch files like never before...

I think "sh" is short for "shell", referring to the Cygwin Bash Shell which I think I've heard about.... I have no details...

[dargueta]

Odd...
I did a bit of Googling, and came upon what might be a solution. Try doing this:

system("cmd.exe /c cls");

[v0id]

sh is actually the Bourne Shell, and later replaced by the Thompson Shell, and now is bash normally used, which is the Bourne-Again Shell, referring to the "Bourne" in the Bourne Shell, as "born".

Why do you use Cygwin anyway? It seems like you're normally not using it besides for programming. I would remove/uninstall it, and install a package called MingW instead. MingW is a port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and does only include the necessary stuff for programming like a compiler, assembler, linker, debugger, etc.

[marwex89]

Sorry for late replay, I've been out farming

What the heck IS cygwin btw? I thought it was just a compiler variation of gnu, but obviously it's a lot more..

I have MingW and Dev-C++, but prefer NetBeans. I'll see if I can make them work together.

dargueta: I'll try

Thx to both of you for helping

[marwex89]

Sorry for double post.

dargueta: IT WORKED!

+rep for both for helping, and giving solution too....

But... we're not finished yet...

Why did it work? And what is Cygwin? (*To be continued..*)

[WingedPanther]

Cygwin is an environment that runs within windows to give you access to *nix commands. The side effect of this is that when you are in Cygwin, you are NOT in Windows for all intents and purposes. While in Cygwin, you only have access to *nix commands, but do NOT have access to Windows commands. Cygwin is useful as it gives you the ability to run many programs that do not run on Windows for various reasons (such as lack of POSIX support).

[marwex89]

But... I don't need that... I just need the god**** GNU C++ compiler....

I got hold of the C/C++ NetBeans add-on. No compiler. So I checked the website, and was instructed to download the GNU C/C++ compiler from Cygwin (followed a link, I guess).

Is this Cygwin stuff just a lot of libraries I don't need, or is it some kind of active stuff which runs secretly on my computer...?