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.TH "Posix.popen" "3kaya" "August 2014" "Kaya" "Kaya module reference"
.SH "NAME"
Posix::popen \- Open a pipe to a command.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B File popen(
\fIString cmd, FileMode mode\fP
.B ")"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
.B "cmd"
The command to run
.PP
.B "mode"
Whether to open
\fBRead \fP
(get command's output), or
\fBWrite \fP
(send input to the command)
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Open a pipe to a command.
.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.call"(3kaya)
.PP
.B "Posix.fork"(3kaya)
.PP
.B "Posix.pclose"(3kaya)
.PP
.B "Posix.system"(3kaya)
.PD 0.4v