+(defun command-output (control-string &rest args)
+ "Interpolate ARGS into CONTROL-STRING as if by FORMAT, and
+synchronously execute the result using a Bourne-compatible shell,
+returns (VALUES string-output error-output exit-status)"
+ (let ((command (apply #'format nil control-string args)))
+ #+sbcl
+ (sb-impl::process-exit-code
+ (sb-ext:run-program
+ "/bin/sh"
+ (list "-c" command)
+ :input nil :output nil))
+
+ #+(or cmu scl)
+ (ext:process-exit-code
+ (ext:run-program
+ "/bin/sh"
+ (list "-c" command)
+ :input nil :output nil))
+
+
+ #+allegro
+ (multiple-value-bind (output error status)
+ (excl.osi:command-output command)
+ (values output error status))
+
+ #+lispworks
+ (system:call-system-showing-output
+ command
+ :shell-type "/bin/sh"
+ :output-stream output)
+
+ #+clisp ;XXX not exactly *verbose-out*, I know
+ (ext:run-shell-command command :output :terminal :wait t)
+
+ #+openmcl
+ (nth-value 1
+ (ccl:external-process-status
+ (ccl:run-program "/bin/sh" (list "-c" command)
+ :input nil :output nil
+ :wait t)))
+
+ #-(or openmcl clisp lispworks allegro scl cmu sbcl)
+ (error "RUN-SHELL-PROGRAM not implemented for this Lisp")
+
+ ))
+