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Function std.process.shell

Runs cmd in a shell and returns its standard output. If the process could not be started or exits with an error code, throws ErrnoException.

Deprecated. Please use executeShell instead. This function will be removed in August 2015.

Prototype

deprecated string shell(
  string cmd
);

Example

auto tempFilename = chomp(shell("mcookie"));
auto f = enforce(fopen(tempFilename), "w");
scope(exit)
{
    fclose(f) == 0 || assert(false);
    system(escapeShellCommand("rm", tempFilename));
}
... use f ...

Authors

Lars Tandle Kyllingstad, Steven Schveighoffer, Vladimir Panteleev

License

Boost License 1.0.

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