Re: calling external programs with win95 version
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg7831] Re: [mg7765] calling external programs with win95 version
- From: seanross at worldnet.att.net
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 03:01:13 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
consulmex wrote: > > hello.. > > I've been trying to call an external program and get it's output with > mma 3 under win95 using > a=<< "!command <options>" > > but no luck..in the manual it says this does'nt work for all OS's... Am > i out of luck? I have had good luck with Run[]. My program wrote its output to a data file and I had Mma read it. I also had the input to the program via a file and I had the program read it. If you are writing your own external program, perhaps you could alter it to function in this manner.