about the DOS cmd

[Xinan Lin]

hello, I just want to run some external EXE file in octave by the commend 
'dos'.
But it has no echo and actually not get excuted.
My os is WIN2000 and GNU octave is 2.1.73.
Thanks for your assistance!
look forward to your reply at your convenience.
                                            Linxinan

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