syscall

Contents: Description, Arguments, Usage, Examples, Related Functions Supported Under Version: >1.69 Current Davinci Version: 2.27 64-bit Safe: Yes Description Send a command to the system. Identical to shell. Arguments and Return Values Arguments: A string containing the command Return Value: A text object. Usage Syntax: syscall(STRING) syscall() executes STRING in a command shell and returns any output in a TEXT object. Examples dv> command = syscall("ls") Text Buffer with 64 lines of text 1: I04557002d.cub 2: bil.jpg 3: bip.jpg 4: blendpic1.png 5: blendpic2.png 6: blendpic3.png 7: bob 8: bsq.jpg 9: bxfltpic1.png 10: bxfltpic2.png

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