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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.