[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #49825] 64-bit Octave on Windows: system command always fails

[S. M. Hashemi]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49825>

                 Summary: 64-bit Octave on Windows: system command always
fails
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: atomerz
            Submitted on: Sun 11 Dec 2016 07:36:50 AM GMT
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.0
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

When I run 64-bit octave  (zip or installer) and enter the following command:
[status, output] = system("echo hi & exit 2")

I always get status = 1 and no output. I struggled with this a couple of days
until I used the 32-bit version and it works fine now.




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