process

[procedure] process command

ChezScheme, Chicken: Run command in the separate process asynchronously. Return values are #<input port> (where process outputs), #<output port> (where process get inputs), and PID, in this order.

See also run-process, system

Example in Chicken:

 (require 'posix)
 ; blocks for one second
 (receive (in out pid) (process "sleep 1") (process-wait pid))

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