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

[kire pudsje]

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #49825 (project octave):

I have always developed in a unix environment. Unfortunately I now have to use
Windows, but luckily octave is packaged with most of the unix environment, to
be usable.

Because of this background, I assumed the system command starts a (unix)
shell, as per unix man page: "system() executes a command specified in command
by calling /bin/sh -c command"
However on windows it looks like a cmd.exe shell is started. 

Personally I think a warning about this difference would be appropriate in the
help of the command. At least state that the given example only works on
linux.

Wrapping a the system command in a sh -c "" results in 'proper' behavior.


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