shell(1F)

NAME

     shell - run a command using shell

SYNOPSIS

     shell command [command] ...

DESCRIPTION

     The shell function  concatenate  its  arguments,  separating
     each by a space, and passes this string to the shell ($SHELL
     if set, otherwise /usr/bin/sh).

EXAMPLES

     Example 1: A sample output of shell command.

     Since the Form and Menu Language does not  directly  support
     background  processing,  the  shell  function  can  be  used
     instead.

     `shell "build prog > /dev/null &"`

     If you want the user to continue to be able to interact with
     the  application  while  the  background job is running, the
     output of an executable run by shell in the background  must
     be  redirected: to a file if you want to save the output, or
     to /dev/null if you don't want to save it (or if there is no
     output),  otherwise  your  application may appear to be hung
     until the background job finishes processing.

     shell can also be used to execute a  command  that  has  the
     same name as an FMLI built-in function.

NOTES

     The arguments to shell will  be  concatenate  using  spaces,
     which  may or may not do what is expected. The variables set
     in local environments will not  be  expanded  by  the  shell
     because "local" means "local to the current process."

ATTRIBUTES

     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

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    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO

     sh(1), attributes(5)