Re: [Chicken-users] Adding (system->string) somewhere

[Kon Lovett]

Hi,

See also http://galinha.ucpel.tche.br/Unit%20utils#system

On Jan 14, 2008, at 6:03 AM, Ozzi wrote:

> Yes, that egg was pointed out to me. It's a neat egg, but I feel  
> more complicated than necessary 9 times out of 10.
>
> Ivan Raikov wrote:
> > Hello,
> >   If I understand this description correctly, the runcmd egg has this
> > functionality. Take a look at its documentation and see if it would
> > work for you.
> >    -Ivan
> > Ozzi <address@hidden> writes:
> > > Could we get something akin to (system->string) added to Chicken
> > > somewhere? Summary from:
> > >
> > > http://practical-scheme.net/wiliki/schemexref.cgi?system-%3estring
> > >
> > > "Appends all strings, then calls the result string as a command, and
> > > collects the output from the command into a string to be  
> > > returned. See
> > > system."
> > >
> > > I am using the following code, which just takes a single string:
> > >
> > > (define (system->string cmd)
> > >   (string-chomp (with-input-from-pipe cmd read-all)))
> > >
> > > Either the library or posix units look like good candidates to me.
>
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Best Wishes,
Kon