Is there a Scheme equivalent to SBCL's run-program?

388 Views Asked by Isaiah At 20 October 2024 at 03:52

I can run (run-program "/usr/ls" '()) in SBCL. Is there an equivalent in any Scheme implementation?

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Martin v. Löwis On 06 February 2011 at 18:49

PLT/Racket supports system, in different versions.

Greg Hewgill On 06 February 2011 at 18:57

GNU Guile also supports system and other related functions (such as OS-level fork and exec).

Hans Nowak On 07 February 2011 at 11:19

Chicken has system as well. In Gauche it's called sys-system.