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Re: Re: Run option

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• Subject: [mg71975] Re: [mg71946] Re: Run option
• From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name>
• Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 06:04:08 -0500 (EST)
• References: <el11sv$44a$1@smc.vnet.net> <200612051104.GAA27231@smc.vnet.net>

I knew someone was going to mention ReadList. I need the exit status
codes so I can detect failure. I also need to support paths with
spaces in both the command and in the arguments on the Windows
platform. This involves a special trick detailed here:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica/msg/00bf5eb70dfd8411

WRI really should not rely on ReadList - there should simply be an
option to Run.

Thanks for the suggestion. It will probably make me look at bending
ReadList to my will a little harder.

On 12/5/06, John Jowett <John.Jowett at cern.ch> wrote:
> Chris,
>          It is often better to use ReadList than Run.  I always use this for
> running external "console" programs.   No command window appears and it also
> has the advantage that you can easily capture and manipulate the program's
> output stream.
>
> Compare
>
> Run["DIR"]
>
> with
>
> ReadList["!DIR",Record]
>
> Note that you need to prefix the command string with "!".     You can also
> use Import which gives more ways of dealing with the output.
>
> I have often wondered if there is any disadvantage to this (why is it not
> documented?) but have not found any.
>
> John Jowett
>
> "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name> wrote in message
> news:el11sv$44a$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> Hi, please add an option to Run that can disable the command window
> that pops up when an external command is run (on Windows platforms).
> The present behavior becomes quite annoying when multiple commands are
> run successively in a batch job.
>
> --
> http://chris.chiasson.name/
>
>
>


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• References:
  • Re: Run option
    • From: "John Jowett" <John.Jowett@cern.ch>