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Manual:4.3 Guile Scripting: Show to a layman that Guile can invoke shell commands, which are common in bash scripts.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com>
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Subject: bug#23500: closed (Manual:4.3 Guile Scripting: Show to a layman
 that Guile can invoke shell commands, which are common in bash scripts.)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 15:24:01 +0000

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From: Evan Davis <erdavis7 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guile <at> gnu.org
Subject: Manual:4.3 Guile Scripting: Show to a layman that Guile can invoke
 shell commands, which are common in bash scripts.
Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 18:48:26 -0400

In §4.3 (Guile Scripting) please mention §7.2.7 (Processes), or at
least the system/system* and open-pipe procedures.  Maybe include an
example of a guile script invoking shell commands, as is common in
bash.  As a layman, the manual's scripting section left me unsure
whether Guile could easily replace my typical bash scripts, and I
needed further help from Wingo on <irc://irc.freenode.net/guile>.

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From: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com>
To: Evan Davis <erdavis7 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 23500-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23500: Manual:4.3 Guile Scripting: Show to a layman that
 Guile can invoke shell commands, which are common in bash scripts.
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:23:45 +0100

On Tue 10 May 2016 00:48, Evan Davis <erdavis7 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> In §4.3 (Guile Scripting) please mention §7.2.7 (Processes), or at
> least the system/system* and open-pipe procedures.  Maybe include an
> example of a guile script invoking shell commands, as is common in
> bash.  As a layman, the manual's scripting section left me unsure
> whether Guile could easily replace my typical bash scripts, and I
> needed further help from Wingo on <irc://irc.freenode.net/guile>.

Tx for the report.  Added this text to the end of the section:

  Finally, seasoned scripters are probably missing a mention of
  subprocesses.  In Bash, for example, most shell scripts run other
  programs like @code{sed} or the like to do the actual work.

  In Guile it's often possible get everything done within Guile itself, so
  do give that a try first.  But if you just need to run a program and
  wait for it to finish, use @code{system*}.  If you need to run a
  sub-program and capture its output, or give it input, use
  @code{open-pipe}.  @xref{Processes}, and @xref{Pipes}, for more
  information.

Andy

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