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Don't describe this module as being a popen() wrapper; that's a little 

confusing.  This is clearly Unix-specific; label it as such.
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Fred Drake 1999-04-22 15:19:01 +00:00
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\section{\module{commands} ---
Wrapper functions for \function{os.popen()}.}
\declaremodule{standard}{commands}
\sectionauthor{Sue Williams}{sbw@provis.com}
Utility functions for external commands}
\modulesynopsis{Wrapper functions for \function{os.popen()}.}
\declaremodule{standard}{commands}
\platform{Unix}
\modulesynopsis{Utility functions for running external commands.}
\sectionauthor{Sue Williams}{sbw@provis.com}
The \module{commands} module contains wrapper functions for
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return any output generated by the command and, optionally, the exit
status.
The \module{commands} module is only usable on systems which support
\function{os.popen()} (currently \UNIX{}). It defines the following
functions:
The \module{commands} module defines the following functions:
\begin{funcdesc}{getstatusoutput}{cmd}
@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ return a 2-tuple \code{(\var{status}, \var{output})}. \var{cmd} is
actually run as \code{\{ \var{cmd} ; \} 2>\&1}, so that the returned
output will contain output or error messages. A trailing newline is
stripped from the output. The exit status for the command can be
interpreted according to the rules for the \C{} function
interpreted according to the rules for the C function
\cfunction{wait()}.
\end{funcdesc}