NAME

       Posix::call - Get the output of an external program

SYNOPSIS

       String call( String cmd )

ARGUMENTS

       cmd The command to run

DESCRIPTION

       Return  the  output  of an external program. If the external program exits with a non-zero
       status, a Posix.NonZeroExit (3kaya) exception will be thrown.

AUTHORS

       Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris  and  others  (kaya@kayalang.org).  For
       further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

       The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
       the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later  version)  as
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

RELATED

       Posix.fork (3kaya)
       Posix.popen (3kaya)
       Posix.system (3kaya)