system
Runs an application or command. Equivalent but not identical to
run-application
on Unix platforms.
Exported from
Module system
Arguments
command
An instance of
<byte-string>
. The command to run.
Values
exit-code
An instance of
<integer>
. The command’s exit code.
Runs an application in a separate process.
The System module exports an interface to the C language (the C-FFI) and certain operating system calls.
The class of vectors with elements that are eight-bit characters.
The class of integers.