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From: barrett@ektools.UUCP (Chris Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Having trouble with the Execute() dos call
Summary: Give this a try.
Keywords: AmigaBasic
Message-ID: <1241@ektools.UUCP>
Date: 24 May 88 16:19:09 GMT
References: <24869@bbn.COM>
Organization: Eastman Kodak, Dept. 47, Rochester N.Y.
Lines: 26

In article <24869@bbn.COM>, cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) writes:
> what went wrong.  I tried something REAL simple like:
>    library "dos.library"
>    declare function Execute&() library
>    Execute& (sadd ("date > ram:junk"), 0&, 0&)
> Guru-central.  If I try the above with the "> ram:junk" left out, I

I believe the problem that you ar having is that BASIC doesn't append a null
character to the end of a string, so AmigaDOS keeps trucking through the name
you passed in intil it find a 0x00.  Give this a try:
 
	DECLARE FUNCTION Execute& LIBRARY
	LIBRARY "dos.library"
 
	command$ = "date > ram:junk" + CHR$(0)
 
	status = Execute& (SADD(command$), 0&, 0&)

I don't know how the Execute command handles the redirection of your date
command, you could try using a file handle for the output file.

Good luck!

Chris.

...rochester!kodak!ektools!barrett