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

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Johan, READ THE ENTIRE MESSAGE THAT YOU ARE QUOTING. You might be used 
to top-posting, but the convention on this ML is bottom-quoting and 
those links aren't just bits of somebody's sig, they contain the answer 
to your question.

Johan Tu Toit wrote:
> 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 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

Apologies to everybody else for top-quoting and "shouting", but I think 
there's a possibility that the OP's missed the message due to 
unfamiliarity with the medium.

-- 
Mark Morgan Lloyd
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