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Article #15769Re: "system" call
From: Joel West
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1987 15:33
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1987 15:33
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In article <663@van-bc.UUCP>, sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) writes:
> I need a call similiar to the unix "system" to put into a uucp
> program to do the uuxqt part.
the way to do this is to:
1. Find out who's the current 'Finder' and save the name
2. Make your program the current finder.
3. _Chain to the program.
4. Wait to come back.
I've not done it myself, so I don't know whether you want _Launch
or _Chain (i.e., when you come back, your heap might not be
re-initialized if you try _Chain, but I'm not sure).
This is what the MPW shell does when you run an application, and
it looked like what the Aztec shell does, too.
--
Joel West
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ucbvax!sdcsvax!jww From: jww@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Joel West) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: "system" call Message-ID: <3042@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Date: Sun, 26-Apr-87 11:33:26 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.3042 Posted: Sun Apr 26 11:33:26 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Apr-87 23:35:51 EDT References: <663@van-bc.UUCP> Organization: Western Software Technology, Vista, CA Lines: 20 Keywords: system library mac