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.TH "Posix.call" "3kaya" "August 2014" "Kaya" "Kaya module reference"
.SH "NAME"
Posix::call \- Get the output of an external program
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B String call(
\fIString cmd\fP
.B ")"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
.B "cmd"
The command to run
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Return the output of an external program. If the external program exits with a non-zero status, a
.B "Posix.NonZeroExit"(3kaya)
exception will be thrown.
.SH "AUTHORS"
Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
.SH LICENSE
The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.
.SH "RELATED"
.PD 0
.PP
.B "Posix.fork"(3kaya)
.PP
.B "Posix.popen"(3kaya)
.PP
.B "Posix.system"(3kaya)
.PD 0.4v