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Re: system command in MuPAD
Posted:
Apr 13, 2012 7:17 PM
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>"Steven_Lord" <slord@mathworks.com> wrote in message
>news:jm9enu$ot9$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com...
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> "Brad Cooper" <Brad.Cooper_17@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:NhQhr.5636$v14.3258@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com...
>> In MuPAD 4.0 running under Win XP version 2002 SP 3
>>
>> I try...
>>
>> sysname()
>> "MSDOS" (as expected)
>>
>> system("date/t > comm_file")
>> 1
>> (error code=1, no file produced)
>>
>> !date/t > comm_file
>> (noerror code[silent], no file produced)
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>> I need to obtain the date from the system.
>>
>> The docs say...
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>> If not available, a call to "system" results in the following error
>> message:
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>> Error: Function not available for this client [system].
>
> This may be for a slightly newer version of MuPAD than you're using, but
> here's the documentation for the version of MuPAD included with the most
> recent release of Symbolic Math Toolbox:
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> http://www.mathworks.com/help/toolbox/mupad/stdlib/system.html
>
> By the way, unless ! has changed significantly, the fact that ! didn't
> display an error code is expected. From the page above:
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> "!command is equivalent to system("command"):; note that !command will
> suppress output of its return value."
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>> I don't get an error message, so it would seem "system" is available. Has
>> "system" been implemented for Win XP?
>
> Let's determine whether the problem is likely in the system's execution of
> the command, the interface between MuPAD and the system, or inside MuPAD.
> First, what happens when you execute that command at a command prompt
> started from Programs in the Start Menu? If you receive an error there,
> that would seem to indicate the problem lies in the system's execution of
> the command, independent of MuPAD.
Hi Steve, thanks for your reply.
The "system" command documentation in your link is exactly the same as in
the MuPAD 4.0 that I have.
I am aware that ! suppresses output. That is why I wrote...
> !date/t > comm_file
> (no error code [silent], no file produced)
with the notation [silent] as shown.
I had checked that DATE/T works at the DOS command prompt. It is not
sensitive to case.
Can you please try it on a Windows O/S and see if it works for you.
Cheers,
Brad
> --
> Steve Lord
> slord@mathworks.com
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