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.TH host 1 "April 1993" "Scilab Group" "Scilab Function"
.so ../sci.an
.SH NAME
host - shell (sh) command execution
.SH CALLING SEQUENCE
.nf
stat=host(command-name)
.fi
.SH PARAMETERS
.TP 15
command-name
: A character string containing Unix sh instruction
.TP
stat
: An integer flag
.SH DESCRIPTION
Sends a string \fVcommand-name\fR to Unix for execution by the sh
shell. Standard output and standard errors of the shell command are
written in the calling shell.
\fVstat\fR gives -1 if host can't be called (Not enough system memory
available) or the sh return code.
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
host("ls $SCI/demos");
host("emacs $SCI/demos/wheel2/Makefile");
deff('wd=getdir()','if MSDOS then host(''cd>''+TMPDIR+''\\path'');..
else host(''pwd>''+TMPDIR+''/path'');end..
wd=read(TMPDIR+''/path'',1,1,''(a)'')')
wd=getdir()
.fi
.SH SEE ALSO
edit, manedit, unix_g, unix_s, unix_w, unix_x
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