5. The System library

The system library exposes operating system facilities like environment variables, process execution and file operations

5.1. Squirrel API

5.1.1. Global Symbols

getenv(varaname)

Returns a string containing the value of the environment variable varname

remove(path)

deletes the file specified by path

rename(oldname, newname)

renames the file or directory specified by oldname to the name given by newname

system(cmd)

executes the string cmd through the os command interpreter.

5.2. C API

SQRESULT sqstd_register_systemlib(HSQUIRRELVM v)

Parameters

• v (HSQUIRRELVM) – the target VM

Returns

an SQRESULT

Remarks

The function aspects a table on top of the stack where to register the global library functions.

initialize and register the system library in the given VM.