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.