System interface

John Harrison (John.Harrison@cl.cam.ac.uk)
Tue, 27 Sep 94 14:29:56 +0100

To: caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr
Subject: System interface
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 14:29:56 +0100
From: John Harrison <John.Harrison@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Message-Id: <"swan.cl.cam.:158920:940927133021"@cl.cam.ac.uk>

Is there a straightforward way (under Unix) of executing
arbitrary system commands from inside CAML Light?

For example:

system "ls -al | sort +3 >/tmp/.listing"

John.