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Syntax

system(command)

Description

Returns the exit code of the program and the output and error streams as strings. Through this you may integrate outside scripts (sh, ksh, perl, ...) with Jira. Streams are limited to 4Kb (only the first 4Kb are taken into account).</p></p>
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<p><strong>String []</strong></p>
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Parameters

Returns

string []

The routine returns an array with 3 elements in such order:</p><ol> <li>The

1. The operating system exit code of the process being spawned (as string)

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2. The output stream (limited to 4Kb) as a

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1. string
2. The error stream (limited to 4Kb) as a

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1. string

Example

Let's create a file using system routine and windows command prompt:</p> <ac:structured-macro ac:name="code" ac:schema-version="1">
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string testfolder="c:/tests"; //assuming

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 that foler `tests` has been already created in c:\ path

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system("C:/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe /c echo return true; > " + testfolder + "qqq.sil"); // you can run here any other program or custom script

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Let's invoke a windows .bat script file using system routine:</p> <ac:structured-macro ac:name="code" ac:schema-version="1">
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string testfolder="c:/tests/"; //assuming this path exists. 
//we assume in this path a file called `myexec.bat` has been previously created and contains one line `echo Hello;`

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//now the following call will return `0.0|[THE_PATH_OF_EXECUTION]>echo Hello; Hello;|`
return system("C:/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe /c " + testfolder + "myexec.bat");

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See also