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title: windows_command
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id: windows_command
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weight: 40
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draft: false
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author: "people"
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---
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## NAME
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windows_command
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## SYNOPSIS
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pass a command to the windows operating system for execution and return the result
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## USAGE
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```
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local dsys = require "lib/dtutils.system"
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local result = dsys.windows_command(command)
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```
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**command** - _string_ - a string containing the command and arguments to be passed to the operating system for execution.
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## DESCRIPTION
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The normal method of executing an operating system command is using dt.control.execute(), but that doesn't
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work with Windows when more than one item in the command is quoted. In order to ensure command execution on Windows we
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create a batch file in the temporary directory, put the command in it, execute the batch file, then return the result.
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## RETURN VALUE
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**result** - _number_ - the return value signalling success or failure.
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