[fpc-pascal] Re: It is possible to pass command line to pascal

[Sven Barth]

Am 02.07.2013 06:05, schrieb Johan Tu Toit:
> Hi all, thanks for your help, I am happy to know about fpuname
> function from the baseunix unit. the fpSystem function from unix unit
> also helpfull but only return an integer. I am still looking on how to
> get a result as a string not a integer only

You already quoted where you find a solution for this below:

> You may also use a TProcess object:
> http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/fcl/process/tprocess.html
>
> Here you have a tutorial with some examples:
> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Executing_External_Programs#TProcess
It's not a simple "result value", but you'll need to do a bit of work.

Regards,
Sven

> On 7/1/13, Guillermo Martínez <gmartinez at burdjia.com> wrote:
>>> From: Rainer Stratmann <rainerstratmann at t-online.de>
>>> Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] It is possible to pass command line to
>>> 	pascal
>>>   On Sunday 30 June 2013 00:59:59 you wrote:
>>>> I Tried, but only return an integer not a string value.
>>> Thats right.
>>>
>>> You have to put the result in a file and then afterwards read the
>>> file.
>>>
>>> ls uname -r > file.txt
>>>
>>> The integer is the result code of the execution.
>>> It contains information if the execution was successful.
>>>
>> You may also use a TProcess object:
>> http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/fcl/process/tprocess.html
>>
>> Here you have a tutorial with some examples:
>> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Executing_External_Programs#TProcess
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