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Re: Bug in system?
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Daniel Hartwig |
Subject: |
Re: Bug in system? |
Date: |
Wed, 7 Nov 2012 12:34:30 +0800 |
On 7 November 2012 12:30, Daniel Hartwig <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 7 November 2012 10:49, Keith Wright <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > (define y (with-output-to-string (lambda()(system "date"))))
>> Tue Nov 6 21:42:41 EST 2012
>> > y
>> $2 = ""
>>
>> The stdout of the system call does not go into the string,
>> why not?
>
> with-output-to-string can not capture stdout, only output sent to real
> scheme ports (via "display", for example).
Discussed once or twice within the last few months. See
<http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user/9507>.