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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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 * Copyright (C) INRIA - Allan CORNET
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  <info>
    <pubdate>$LastChangedDate: 2006-12-13 10:29:16 +0200 (ven., 13 decembre 2006)$</pubdate>
  </info>
  <refnamediv>
    <refname>dos</refname>
    <refpurpose>shell (cmd) command execution (Windows
  only)</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <title>Calling Sequence</title>
    <synopsis>bOK=dos(command-name)
bOK=dos(command-name,'-echo')
[output,bOK]=dos(command-name)
[output,bOK,exitcode]=dos(command-name)
[output,bOK]=dos(command-name,'-echo')
[output,bOK,exitcode]=dos(command-name,'-echo')</synopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
  <refsection>
    <title>Description</title>
    <para>Sends a string command-name to Windows for execution by the cmd shell.
    Standard output and standard errors of the shell command are written in
    the calling shell. bOK returns if command has been executed.</para>
    <para>[output,bOK] = dos(command-name,'-echo') forces the output to the
    Command Window, even though it is also being assigned into a variable.</para>
    <para>exitcode value returned by the external process.</para>
    
    <para>To open the notepad editor and return control immediately to Scilab
    dos('start notepad')</para>
  </refsection>
  <refsection>
    <title>Examples</title>
    <programlisting role="example"><![CDATA[ 
[s,w] = dos('dir');
[s,w] = dos('dir','-echo');
dos('start notepad')
dos('taskkill /IM notepad.exe') // Caution, this command will kill all launched notepad's processus
[s, w] = dos('foo')
[s, w, code] = dos('dir')
[s, w, code] = dos('foo')
 ]]></programlisting>
  </refsection>
  <refsection role="see also">
<title>See Also</title>
    <simplelist type="inline">
      <member>
        <link linkend="unix">unix</link>
      </member>
    </simplelist>
  </refsection>
  <refsection>
    <title>Authors</title>
    <simplelist type="vert">
      <member>A.C.</member>
    </simplelist>
  </refsection>
</refentry>