Re: [Slib-discuss] 'system feature?

[Kris De Volder]

Thanks for the info,

I've implemented it with a call to Runtime.exec(String) in JVM. This
Java system hook seems to do the right thing (on a Unix JVM).

Kris

On Sat, 2008-12-06 at 10:11 +0800, Fernan Bolando wrote:
> It sounds like your talking about the system() C call.
> 
> In which case this might help
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_(C_standard_library)
> 
> regards
> fernan
> 
> On 12/6/08, Kris De Volder <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi Again,
> >
> > Still busy implementing Scheme / Slib.
> >
> > SLib appears to make use of a procedure called "system" which is
> > provided by a feature 'system.
> >
> > I gather that it is a function to execute shell commands, but have found
> > it rather challenging to find out any precise details of what procedures
> > are supposed to be in that feature and exactly what they are supposed to
> > do.
> >
> > I'm sure there's a document out there somewhere that defines this
> > feature... but searching for it using google has been a tad frustrating.
> > The word "system" appears to be in widespread use in all kinds of
> > different contexts. Even searches for SLIB + system mostly turn up
> > documents discussing the vicinity stuff relating to the file "system" or
> > slib's library "system".
> >
> > Can someone point me in the right direction please.
> >
> > Kris
> >
> > On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 21:19 -0500, Aubrey Jaffer wrote:
> >> | From: Kris De Volder <address@hidden>
> >>  | Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:37:32 -0800
> >>  |
> >>  | I am working on a Scheme implementation for the JVM in some of my
> >>  | spare time.  So far I've had quite a bit of fun doing that.  If all
> > ...
> >> SLIB libraries are built on R4RS functionality plus the "Universal
> >> SLIB Procedures" <http://people.csail.mit.edu/jaffer/slib_2.html>
> >> provided by the implementation's *.init file.
> >>
> > ...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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