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* {{Code|proc:execute('ls', ('-l', '-a'))}} executes the {{Code|ls -la}} command on Unix systems.
 
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The module was introduced with Version 7.3.
 
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[[Category:XQuery]]
 
[[Category:XQuery]]

Revision as of 12:05, 21 September 2015

This XQuery Module provides functions for executing system commands from XQuery.

Conventions

All functions in this module are assigned to the http://basex.org/modules/proc namespace, which is statically bound to the proc prefix.
All errors are assigned to the http://basex.org/errors namespace, which is statically bound to the bxerr prefix.

Functions

proc:system

Signatures proc:system($cmd as xs:string) as xs:string
proc:system($cmd as xs:string, $args as xs:string*) as xs:string
proc:system($cmd as xs:string, $args as xs:string*, $encoding as xs:string) as xs:string
Summary Executes the specified command in a separate process and returns the result as string.
$cmd is the name of the command. Arguments to the command may be specified via $args.
The result can be explicitly converted to a specified $encoding. If no encoding is specified, the system’s default encoding is used.
Errors BXPRnnnn: If the command results in an error, an XQuery error will be raised. Its code will consist of the letters BXPR and four digits with the command’s exit code.
BXPR9999: the specified encoding does not exist or is not supported.
Examples
  • proc:system('date') returns the current date on a Linux system.
  • The following example returns "Command not found", if the command "xyz" cannot be located or executed:
try {
  proc:system('xyz')
} catch bxerr:BXPR0002 {
  'Command not found.'
}

proc:execute

Signatures proc:execute($cmd as xs:string) as element(result)
proc:execute($cmd as xs:string, $args as xs:string*) as element(result)
proc:execute($cmd as xs:string, $args as xs:string*, $encoding as xs:string) as element(result)
Summary Executes the specified command in a separate process and returns the result as element.
$cmd is the name of the command. Arguments to the command may be specified via $args.
The result can be explicitly converted to a specified $encoding. If no encoding is specified, the system’s default encoding is used.
A result has the following structure:
<result>
  <output>...result output...</output>
  <error>...error output...</error>
  <code>0</code>
</result>
Errors BXPR9999: the specified encoding does not exist or is not supported.
Examples
  • proc:execute('dir', '\') returns the files of the root directory of a Windows system.
  • proc:execute('ls', ('-l', '-a')) executes the ls -la command on Unix systems.

proc:property-names

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Signatures proc:property-names() as xs:string*
Summary Returns the names of all Java system properties. For environment variables of the operating system, please use fn:available-environment-variables.
Examples
  • proc:property('java.runtime.version') returns the version of the Java runtime engine.

proc:property

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Signatures proc:property($name as xs:string) as xs:string?
Summary Returns the Java system property specified by $name. An empty sequence is returned if the property does not exist. For environment variables of the operating system, please use fn:environment-variable.
Examples
  • map:merge(proc:property-names() ! map:entry(., proc:property(.))) returns a map with all system properties.

Errors

Code Description
BXPR9999 The specified encoding does not exist or is not supported.

Changelog

Version 8.3

The module was introduced with Version 7.3.

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