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+;;;; -*- Mode: Lisp; Syntax: ANSI-Common-Lisp; Base: 10 -*-
+;;;; *************************************************************************
+;;;; FILE IDENTIFICATION
+;;;;
+;;;; Name: os.lisp
+;;;; Purpose: Operating System utilities
+;;;; Programmer: Kevin M. Rosenberg
+;;;; Date Started: Jul 2003
+;;;;
+;;;; $Id: os.lisp,v 1.1 2003/07/23 22:08:21 kevin Exp $
+;;;;
+;;;; *************************************************************************
+
+(in-package #:kmrcl)
+
+(defun run-shell-command (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 exit-code)"
+ (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 dummy exit)
+ (excl:run-shell-command command :input nil :output :stream
+ :wait nil)
+ (declare (ignore dummy))
+ (values output exit))
+
+ #+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")
+
+ ))