| Calling Sequence
| CallSystem(cmd)
|
| Parameters
| | Name | Type | Description |
|
| cmd
| string | |
|
| Return Type
| integer |
| Synopsis
| The CallSystem command passes the argument cmd to
the underlying operating system for execution. It returns the
integer value returned by the operating system. |
| |
|
| If the results of the execution are to be
returned as a string in Darwin, then the command TimedCallSystem
will do this without the need of an intermediate file. Also
the command OpenPipe allows the direct reading of the output
of a system command
|
| Examples
| > CallSystem('date');
Fri Apr 25 12:39:18 MEST 2003
0
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| See also
| FileStat, OpenPipe, SystemCommand, TimedCallSystem |