How to save a SysUtils.ExecuteProcess command result to string?
lazarus / 61-Beginners

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jim3223 · 2020-02-17 22:45

Im using Windows 10 and ran this command..

SysUtils.ExecuteProcess('c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe', '/cdir', []);

It gives the result of the shell command 'dir'

How can i save the results of this command to a string?

Please help.

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winni · 2020-02-17 22:48

Hi!

At this page:

https://wiki.freepascal.org/Executing_External_Programs

there is a description of TProcess and an example how you can read the
output of external programms.

Winni

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marcov · 2020-02-18 08:32

Use Runcommand, which is a wrapper for TProcess styled like
ExecuteProcess.

See url above. I recommend against rolling your own TProcess code
unless you know extremely well what you are doing. Many homegrown
wrappers are buggy.