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system.callSystem(cmdLineToExecute);

Description

Executes a system command, as if you had typed it on the operating system’s command line. Returns whatever the system outputs in response to the command, if anything.

In Windows, you can invoke commands using the /c switch for the cmd.exe command, passing the command to run in escaped quotes (…”). For example, the following retrieves the current time and displays it to the user:
var timeStr = system.callSystem("cmd.exe /c "time /t");
alert("Current time is " + timeStr);

Parameters

cmdLineToE xe c ute A string containing the command and its parameters.

Returns

The output from the command.