SYSTEM command

[Kenneth Brody]

Steven Waters wrote:
> 
> SCO UNIX 5.0.6 Filepro 5
> I am not sure if this can be done.
> I need to know when to purge a directory of files.
> I use this at the command prompt;
> # l > list
> # wc -l < list
>   481
> I have 481 files in the directory. Lets say that when the directory
> reaches 500 I want Filepro to tell me to purge it.
> is it possible to get the result back , like a dummy field
> to your output processing system command?
[...]

In this case, you can use OPENDIR/CLOSEDIR to get the number of files
in a directory.

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