%POPEN

Syntax	pointer = (char*)%POPEN( command, type )
Category	BASIC
Type	C Function
Description	creates a pipe between the calling process and the command to be executed. "command" Shell command line. "type" I/O mode, either "r" for reading or "w" for writing. "pointer" Stream pointer which directs a write to the standard input of the command if the I/O mode is "w", and reads from the standard output of the command if the type is "r". A stream opened by "%popen()" must be closed by "pclose()". The stream is closed automatically at FlashBASIC program termination.
Options
See Also	c function %PCLOSE %FGETS %FPUTS EXECUTE (D3/Unix) CFUNCTION
Example	char buffer[128] ptr=(char)%popen("ls -l","r") if ptr=0 then crt 'error'; stop loop n=(char)%fgets(buffer,128,(char)ptr) while n#0 do print field(buffer,char(0),1) repeat %pclose((char)ptr) This example executes a C command, capturing the result.
Warnings
Compatibility	D3/Unix