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Subject: More on system commands from Forth
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Date: 26 Sep 90 21:01:02 GMT
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The way I handle Unix (substitute your favorite OS) commands from inside
Forth right now is:

    I have Forth words for the most commonly used system commands, such as
    ls, rm, dir, cd, etc.  These are either implemented directly in
    Forth, or by calling a command interpreter as a subprocess, whichever
    is convenient for the particular OS.

    For other system commands, I have a "shell escape".  The command
    "sh" means "take the rest of the line and send it to a system
    command interpreter executed as a subprocess.

Mitch