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Shell.CloseInput
Closes input stream.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| Shell | 8.3 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ShellRef | The reference number from the shell. | $shell |
Result
Returns OK or error.
Description
Closes input stream.If needed, you can close the input stream after writing to it to signal end of file to the application.
Examples
Run a command line tool with input:
Set Variable [ $shell ; Value: MBS( "Shell.New" ) ]
Set Variable [ $s ; Value: MBS( "Shell.Execute"; $shell; "/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/15/bin/gdaltransform"; "-s_srs"; "EPSG:25832"; "-t_srs"; "EPSG:4326"; "-output_xy") ]
# send input data and close input
Set Variable [ $s ; Value: MBS( "Shell.WriteInputText"; $shell; "666862 6716190"; "UTF-8") ]
Set Variable [ $s ; Value: MBS( "Shell.CloseInput"; $shell ) ]
# wait for app to finish
Set Variable [ $s ; Value: MBS( "Shell.Wait"; $shell; 5) ]
# read results
Set Variable [ $error ; Value: MBS( "Shell.ReadErrorText"; $shell; "UTF-8") ]
Set Variable [ $result ; Value: MBS( "Shell.ReadOutputText"; $shell; "UTF-8") ]
Set Field [ Shell::Error ; MBS( "Text.ReplaceNewline"; $error; 1) ]
Set Field [ Shell::Output ; MBS( "Text.ReplaceNewline"; $result; 1) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("Shell.Release"; $shell) ]
See also
- Shell.Execute
- Shell.New
- Shell.ReadErrorText
- Shell.ReadOutputText
- Shell.Release
- Shell.Wait
- Shell.WriteInputText
- Text.ReplaceNewline
Release notes
- Version 8.3
- Added Shell.CloseInput and Shell.CloseStreams functions.
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Created 18th June 2018, last changed 30th January 2023
