This class gives you access to many base functionalities of system platforms. Looks in sys sub packages for more system APIs.

Static methods

staticargs ():Array<String>

Returns all the arguments that were passed by the command line.

staticcommand (cmd:String, ?args:Array<String>):Int

Available on Linux, macOS, Windows

Run the given command. The command output will be printed on the same output as the current process. The current process will block until the command terminates and it will return the command result (0 if there was no error).

Command arguments can be passed in two ways: 1. using args, 2. appending to cmd and leaving args as null.

  1. When using args to pass command arguments, each argument will be automatically quoted, and shell meta-characters will be escaped if needed. cmd should be an executable name that can be located in the PATH environment variable, or a path to an executable.

  2. When args is not given or is null, command arguments can be appended to cmd. No automatic quoting/escaping will be performed. cmd should be formatted exactly as it would be when typed at the command line. It can run executables, as well as shell commands that are not executables (e.g. on Windows: dir, cd, echo etc).

Read the sys.io.Process api for a more complete way to start background processes.

staticexit (code:Int):Void

Exit the current process with the given error code.

staticgetEnv (s:String):String

Returns the value of the given environment variable.

staticprint (v:Dynamic):Void

Print any value on the standard output.

staticprintln (v:Dynamic):Void

Print any value on the standard output, followed by a newline.

staticsleep (seconds:Float):Void

Suspend the current execution for the given time (in seconds).

staticsystemName ():String

Available on Linux, macOS, Neko, Windows

Returns the name of the system you are running on. For instance : "Windows", "Linux", "BSD" and "Mac" depending on your desktop OS.