NAME

       Posix::system - Run an external program

SYNOPSIS

       Void system( String cmd )

ARGUMENTS

       cmd The command to run

DESCRIPTION

       Run  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.call (3kaya)
       Posix.fork (3kaya)
       Posix.popen (3kaya)