# Method Process.system()

Method system

  ``int` system(`string` `command`, `void`|`Stdio.Stream` `stdin`, `void`|`Stdio.Stream` `stdout`, `void`|`Stdio.Stream` `stderr`)`

Description

  Executes `command` as a shell statement ("`/bin/sh -c <code class='reference paramref'>command`" for Unix, "`cmd /c <code class='reference paramref'>command`" for Windows), waits until it has finished and returns its return value.

Parameter `stdin`
Parameter `stdout`
Parameter `stderr`

  Stream objects to use as standard input, standard output and standard error, respectively, for the created process. The corresponding streams for this process are used for those that are left out.

See also

  spawn, popen