Functions for executing shell commands on the local operating system and other system-level operations.
exec( words, ... )
Each of the words
values is treated as a single
(possibly quoted) word in a shell command.
The first argument is the filename
(either a full pathname, or the name of a file on the current path)
of an executable file.
These values can be numeric, or strings, or something else, and
are converted automatically to string values.
words
(Object, one or more): one or more words composing a shell command;
first is command and others are arguments
exec("/home/mbt/bin/process_obj.py", OBJ_NAME)
exec("process_skycoords.py", RA, DEC)
exec("process_sphericalcoords.sh", RA, DEC, 1.0)
exec( line )
line
(String): command line to execute
exec("do_stuff.py " + RA + " " + DEC)
sleepMillis( millis )
millis
(integer): number of milliseconds to wait
sleep( secs )
secs
(integer): number of seconds to wait