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Shell.New
Creates a new shell object.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK | License |
| Shell | 7.5 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | Paid |
MBS( "Shell.New" )
Parameters
none
Result
Returns number or error.
Description
Creates a new shell object.Please call Shell.Release later.
Technically the shell could run on iOS, but it does not due to sandboxing.
See also
- RunTask.NewTask
- Shell.AddArgument
- Shell.AddEnvironment
- Shell.Execute
- Shell.Release
- Shell.SetBufferSize
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Created 11st November 2017, last changed 28th November 2017
Shell.IsRunning - Shell.PeekErrorText
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