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allegro skill system() function

hongjing
hongjing over 5 years ago

Hi 

I met a problem about the function system(),

for example: 

I try to get current time by system()

Skill > system("date")
1
Skill >

why does it return 1 ?  I need like this:   Wed Dec 14 15:14:53 PST 1994

anyone can help that? many thanks

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  • luanvn81
    luanvn81 over 5 years ago

    Hi!

    try this  getCurrentTime()

    Luan

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  • hongjing
    hongjing over 5 years ago in reply to luanvn81

    Yes, thank you! 

    but how can I get other commands of linux? 

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  • hongjing
    hongjing over 5 years ago in reply to luanvn81

    Yes, thank you! 

    but how can I get other commands of linux? 

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