Os.execute

Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: os

Description

This function is equivalent to the C function system. It passes command to be executed by an operating system shell. It returns a status code, which is system-dependent. If command is absent, then it returns nonzero if a shell is available and zero otherwise.

(number) = os.execute(command)

Parameters

command: (string) command to execute

Return values

Returns (number) status code

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