=head1 NAME sys.ops - System Interaction Opcodes =head1 DESCRIPTION Operations that allow the user to interact with the system. When making changes to any ops file, run C<make bootstrap-ops> to regenerate all generated ops files. =over 4 =cut =item B<spawnw>(out INT, in STR) Spawn a subprocess whose program name and arguments are contained in the string $2 and wait for it to finish. The return status, which is very system-dependent, goes in $1. =item B<spawnw>(out INT, invar PMC) Spawn a subprocess whose program name and arguments are contained in the array $2 and wait for it to finish. The return status, which is very system-dependent, goes in $1. TT #847: C<spawnw()> should itself handle splitting up command-line arguments, rather than depending on the shell to do so in potentially unsafe manner. See https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/ticket/847. TT #848: C<spawnw()> should return something less system-dependent, and more object-like. See https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/ticket/848. =cut =item B<err>(out INT) Store the system error code in $1. =item B<err>(out STR) Store the system error message in $1. =item B<err>(out STR, in INT) Get the system error message for the system error code $2 and store it in $1. =cut =item B<time>(out INT) Puts the current system time (represented as a whole number of seconds) in $1. =cut =item B<time>(out NUM) Puts the current system time (represented as a number of seconds, with microseconds) in $1. =cut =item B<sleep>(in INT) =item B<sleep>(in NUM) Sleep for $1 seconds. =cut =back =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2001-2009, Parrot Foundation. =head1 LICENSE This program is free software. It is subject to the same license as the Parrot interp itself. =cut