EXEC
EXEC (file)
Transfers control to the program file. Control returns to the calling bas-file immediately and the program is executed parallel and independent to SmallBASIC. File name is case sensitive in Linux. Enclose the string file with quotation marks to start a program with parameters.
See run for starting an external program and wait until program finished execution.
Example 1
' Select your editor for testing
exec "kate" ' Editor KDE
'exec "gedit" ' Editor Gnome
'exec "Notepad" ' Editor Windows
print "This line will be printed immediately without delay"Example 2: Execute with parameters
' Call shutdown in Linux
exec(enclose("shutdown -h now"))Code samples using EXEC
System
CHAIN
COMMAND
CWD
DELAY
ENV
ENV
EXEC
EXPORT
FRE
HOME
IMPORT
INCLUDE
MAXINT
NIL
OPTION
PAUSE
PI
PROGLINE
RANDOMIZE
RUN
SBVER
SELF
STKDUMP
TROFF
TRON
UNIT
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