sys function

Run Unix or Dos Depending on System

Runs unix or dos depending on the current operating system. For , just runs system with optional concatenation of first two arguments which are assumed named command and text.

sys(command, text=NULL, output=TRUE)
# S-Plus: sys(\dots, minimized=FALSE)

Arguments

• command: system command to execute
• text: text to concatenate to system command, if any (typically options or file names or both)
• output: set to FALSE to not return output of command as a character vector

Returns

see unix or dos

Side Effects

executes system commands

See Also

unix, system