From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Ryde Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: Support for (system '("echo" "foo" "bar")) Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 06:19:01 +1000 Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87k76lb1oq.fsf@zip.com.au> References: <87ad7l9i8h.fsf@raven.i.defaultvalue.org> <87u15qpjwk.fsf@zip.com.au> <877k2mgdjs.fsf@raven.i.defaultvalue.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1067631624 20935 80.91.224.253 (31 Oct 2003 20:20:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 20:20:24 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 31 21:20:22 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AFfkr-0006Ej-00 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 21:20:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AFfkN-0004E2-BZ for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:19:51 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AFfkI-0004Dc-SY for guile-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:19:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AFfjm-00048E-4z for guile-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:19:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [61.8.0.36] (helo=snoopy.pacific.net.au) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AFfjl-00047E-3l for guile-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:19:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mongrel.pacific.net.au (mongrel.pacific.net.au [61.8.0.107]) by snoopy.pacific.net.au (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id h9VKJ7V0011355 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 07:19:07 +1100 Original-Received: from localhost (ppp115.dyn228.pacific.net.au [203.143.228.115]) by mongrel.pacific.net.au (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id h9VKIhDJ019077 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 07:18:43 +1100 Original-Received: from gg by localhost with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AFfjZ-0000Ok-00; Sat, 01 Nov 2003 06:19:01 +1000 Original-To: guile-devel@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never In-Reply-To: <877k2mgdjs.fsf@raven.i.defaultvalue.org> (Rob Browning's message of "Thu, 30 Oct 2003 23:51:35 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:2944 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:2944 Rob Browning writes: > > SCM_SYSCALL (wait_result = waitpid (pid, &status, 0)); As a suggestion, I think a variation that just returned the child pid would be nice (or threw an execption for an exec failure). _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel