Re: Is it possible to start a perl executable from mathematica?
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- Subject: [mg20137] Re: Is it possible to start a perl executable from mathematica?
- From: "P.J. Hinton" <paulh at wolfram.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 03:05:00 -0400
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On 30 Sep 1999, Xing Jing Li wrote: > Does anyone know if it is possible to start a perl executable from within > mathematica session? You can start any executable from the kernel with the Run[] command, provided that your computing environment allows it. It will work on Unix systems and Windows systems. However, the Windows folks will have to put up with the necessary evil of a console window popping up every time that Run[] is invoked. Run[] returns whatever return code is issued by the program you executed. It cannot capture the output of the program. > Even better if I could write data directly to a Oracle data record. You'll probably have to code your own interface to do this, but it is possible to create a bridge program that provides callable functions from the kernel using Install[] mechanism in MathLink. -- P.J. Hinton Mathematica Programming Group paulh at wolfram.com Wolfram Research, Inc. Disclaimer: Opinions expressed herein are those of the author alone.