Re: Running external program?

Michael,

The SwiftForth word >SHELL is a good solution:

S" \BACKUP.BAT" >SHELL

Regards
Charles

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> De : SF Talk <sftalk_at_forth.com>
> A : SF Talk <sftalk_at_forth.com>
> Objet : Re: Running external program?
> Date : mercredi 9 juin 1999 16:59
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> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 11:29:08 -0400
> From: Michael Kemper <mikek_at_metretek.com>
> Subject: Re: Running external program?
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> While we're on the topic...does anyone know how to spawn a program that's

> not an executable such as a batch file (or any registered windows file
> type). I think it might be related to using 'start', but can't figure it

> out.
>
> Any help is appreciated,
> Mike Kemper

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Received on Mon Jun 14 1999 - 11:10:27 PDT