On 11/1/21 5:13 PM, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:
> On 11/1/2021 2:26 PM, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context wrote:
>> [...]
>> Is there a way to wrap os.exec() in the sample so that it only runs if
>> "dir" is available?
>>
>> I know that os.name would be an option here, but not in my real world
On 11/1/21 3:10 PM, Taco Hoekwater via ntg-context wrote:
>> [...]
>> Is there a way to wrap os.exec() in the sample so that it only runs if
>> "dir" is available?
>
> if os.which(‘dir’) then
> ...
> end
>
> But note that os.which() may be unreliable in various cases (like it
> will fail for shel
On 11/1/2021 2:26 PM, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context wrote:
Dear list,
is there a way if a program is installed on the computer using Lua.
I have the following sample:
\starttext
\startluacode
filename = tex.jobname .. ".pdf"
os.exec("dir " .. filename)
\stopluacode
\stoptex
> On 1 Nov 2021, at 14:26, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
> wrote:
>
> Dear list,
>
> is there a way if a program is installed on the computer using Lua.
>
> I have the following sample:
>
> \starttext
> \startluacode
> filename = tex.jobname .. ".pdf"
> os.exec("dir " .. filename)
>
Dear list,
is there a way if a program is installed on the computer using Lua.
I have the following sample:
\starttext
\startluacode
filename = tex.jobname .. ".pdf"
os.exec("dir " .. filename)
\stopluacode
\stoptext
Is there a way to wrap os.exec() in the sample so that it only run
