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Date:Mon Jul 8 13:18:25 1999 
Subject:Re: running unix program from pop11 
From:John Williams 
Volume-ID:990708.02 

>2.  It should be possible to explicitly select the shell
>    used to execute the command.  These days there are rather more
>    popular shells than just sh and csh!

From REF SYSUTIL:

  sysobey(string)
  sysobey(string, shell)
  sysobey(file, arg_list)


>3.  It should be possible to capture the result of the command in
>    a file/character-repeater/device.  (Similarly stderr.)  Note

As in run_unix_program !

>4.  It should be possible to supply the command with a standard input
>    that is drawn from a file/list/repeater/device.  Note that

As in run_unix_program !

>3.  It should be possible to execute sysobey in the background i.e. there
>    should be an optional wait flag i.e. the general calling interface would

As in run_unix_program !


John.