There is the function system. E.g.
(%i1) system("whoami;hostname;pwd");
volker
uvw32
/home/volker
(%o1) #<PROCESS :EXITED 0>
but it seams that the informations you want cannot be retrieved as return
values.
Dont know if this is of much help.
Volker van Nek
2011/6/11 Thomas D. Dean <tomdean at speakeasy.org>
> How do I do common things like
>
> ls
> pwd
>
> I found ?xchdir. But, cannot find the others.
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