I can shell out of Windows program running in Wine with the following:
system(WindowsProgram.exe);


But using the same format, I cannot do the following:
(6 different ways i have tried)

system(/usr/bin/ffmpeg);
system(ffmpeg);
system("/usr/bin/ffmpeg");
system("ffmpeg");
system(""ffmpeg"");
system("ffmepg");

Can't recognize '/usr/bin/ffmpeg' as an internal or external command, or batch s
cript.

But, out of the exact terminal window that I
instigate my program .... wine WindowsProgram.exe
I can type in "ffmpeg" and the system recognizes the program.

Any help would be appreciated!

Dwayne

In what OS and what programming language?
If it is Windows and C, try this:

It has been a while since I last used wine, but if I am correctly understanding what you have asked...

So you are inside a windows environment as provided by wine, using the windows system() call to invoke another windows program.

Now you are still in the windows environment as provided by wine, still using the windows system() call, but trying to invoke a Linux program on a filesystem not part of the windows environment... unsurprisingly the windows environment complains.

Now you are in the Linux environment from which you invoke the Linux program wine (which provides the windows environment for the windows program), and from that same Linux environment you are able to invoke a Linux command from the Linux filesystem, as it should be.

I don't see any way to fudge that one.

You might find some ideas here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...unning-in-wine

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Almost...

I am in a linux WINE environment running a windows program. I am attempting to call a linux program ffmpeg from inside the windows program that
is running in wine. Linux comes back and says:

"Can't recognize '/usr/bin/ffmpeg' as an internal or external command, or batch script."


Above is all true....But I think it is the linux environment that is complaining.



My system call in the Windows Program works perfectly fine calling any kind of Windows program either in Linux or Windows.
but it fails when trying call a linux program.

Thank you

Tried it. Thanks for the help.

Same Thing:

Can't recognize 'WSL ffmpeg' as an internal or external command, or batch script
.

Thank you very much...That link allowed linux to recognize
the ffmpeg command...It is now just a matter of filling in the
missing pieces.

Dwayne

Edit here is what works....

cmd /c start /unix /usr/bin/ProgramName.

if usr/bin/ is the directory that ProgramName is located at.