run-process ( desc -- process )
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run-processes ( descs -- processes )

Vocabulary
io.launcher

Inputs

desc	a launch descriptor

Outputs

process

a process

Word description
Launches a process. The object can either be a string, a sequence of strings or a process. See Launch descriptors for details.

Examples

USING: io.launcher prettyprint ; "pwd" run-process .
T{ process { command "pwd" } { environment H{ } } { environment-mode +append-environment+ } { group +same-group+ } { status 0 } }

Notes
The output value will either have the exit code set or can be passed to wait-for-process to get an exit code in the case of a detached process.

See also
run-processes, try-process, run-detached

Definition

USING: accessors kernel ;

IN: io.launcher

: run-process ( desc -- process )
    run-detached dup detached>>
    [ dup wait-for-process drop ] unless ;