Hi all, I think I found a(nother) solution to the problem having googled and tested some more.
The system/output procedure I've been referring to wasn't an inbuilt procedure as I remembered having used it so much. You can find it from planet: ;http://planet.plt-scheme.org/package-source/ryanc/scripting.plt/1/1/misc.ss and you can use it as follows: --- (require racket) (define (system/output command) (define (system/exit-code+output command) (let* ([out (open-output-string)] [control (process/ports out #f #f command)] [p (list-ref control 4)]) (p 'wait) (values (p 'exit-code) (get-output-string out)))) (let-values ([(e out) (system/exit-code+output command)]) out)) ;;multiline script format example (system/output " cd ~/ expect { {} {} {}} ls ") ;>> lists home directory folders and files A few remarks - You can move forward step by step as in command line (e.g. cd changes the pwd for the next command) - It accumulates output rather than returning just the last one (e.g. ls ls would double the output) (you can propably tweak system/output definition if needed/wanted) - Output format is a string - You can also include multiline expect script using its { {} {} {} } arg format I still hate command line scripting, but atleast I can do it from Racket! br, jukka _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
