Running a shell command from within Lisp

Lukáš Procházka

Hello,
how to launch a system command (e.g. "cmd.exe") from within Lisp?
BCad doesn't know command "shell" on its command line.
Although I guess it may be a simple question, I cannot google anything...
Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Lukas

Wiebe van der Worp

Looking for something like this?

(setq batch (strcat (getvar "dwgprefix") "your_batch.bat"))
(startapp batch)

Owen Wengerd

Use the command _SHELL or (startapp) as already suggested.