Re: Calling a MS-DOS command
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- Subject: [mg56892] Re: [mg56868] Calling a MS-DOS command
- From: Swati Shah <swatshah at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 01:46:17 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi Luc, Thanks for the response Is it also possible to call a non-standard command from DOS in Mathematica? I have a software that I would like to run (from mathematica), and to run it one does it using a dos command. And this command is what i would like to call in from Mathematica. Thanks again Namrata On 5/8/05, Barthelet, Luc <lucb at ea.com> wrote: > In the help system under 'System interface':'File system' you will find: > DeleteFile > CopyFile. > > You can also find in 'System interface':'External Commands' the function > Run > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Swati Shah [mailto:swatshah at gmail.com] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 8:10 AM > Subject: [mg56892] [mg56868] Calling a MS-DOS command > > Hi everyone, > > I would like to call some DOS commands from Mathematica like > > delete ("tmp.txt") > copy filea to fileb > > Is this possible in Mathematica? I have been looking at the > documentation but am not having a lot of luck. > > Thanks in advance > >