system command not working?

[dani]

I've set my preferences, even exited and re-entered.

but when I type from the textport:

system dir

or
system echo
or whatever other dos command, I get:

Textport (Line 0 - ): Error executing system command.


is it broken?

[mattd]

I was having the same problem, but I had omitted the cmd /c.
The docs are the source of the confusion:

system dir \"C:\\Program Files\"

does not work. It's

system "cmd /c dir"

[Achim]

not sure, but i think you have to use
system cmd yourcommand

[Sheff]

Is it possible to make a directory with system command?

I figured out that commands like

system netstat
system msinfo32

are working. But "md", "cd" and others commands seems not to work or i don't know how to use them correctly... please help to understand it.

[rodberry]

try system "cmd /c mkdir BLARPH"

[Sheff]

What is the purpose of "/c"

[rodberry]

the /c after cmd lets the cmd window stay open just long enough to do its thing then close once done. this stops touch from locking up while it waits for the cmd to finish.

sorry for the very late reply.