Execute External Programs

abstract Sahi allows calling external programs via _execute or by calling Java directly

_execute

Since:	Sahi Pro	Desktop Add-On	Mobile Add-On	SAP Add-On	AI Assist Add-On
Since:	3.5	7.0.0	7.5.0	9.0.0	NA

_execute($cmd[, $isSync[, $timeout]])

Arguments

$cmd	string	Command to be executed. Normally this will be a command that can be run on the system's commandline
$isSync	boolean optional	If true, returns only on completion of cmd. If false, returns immediately while cmd is run in background
$timeout	integer optional	If timeout is specified and if isSync is true, the function will return after timeout milliseconds if cmd has not finished till then. cmd will continue to run in background

Returns

string

command output

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Details

_execute allows calling batch files, shell scripts or regular commands from Sahi script.

_execute("C:\\sendemail.bat"); // runs C:\sendemail.bat and returns immediately while sendmail runs in the background

_execute("C:\\sendemail.bat", true); // runs C:\sendemail.bat and waits till sendmail finishes

// runs C:\sendemail.bat and returns after 2 seconds if sendmail has not completed by then.
_execute("C:\\sendemail.bat", true, 2000);

// if _execute("C:\\sendemail.bat"); does not work, on Windows, try:
_execute("cmd /C C:\\sendemail.bat");

// On Linux and Mac use forward slashes as filepath separator
// Make sure that the shell script has necessary permissions
_execute("/home/user1/bin/sendemail.sh");
// or
_execute("sh /home/user1/bin/sendemail.sh");

warning Since _execute delegates the command to the operating system's command shell, make sure that you use the correct path separators (backslash \ for windows and / for Linux/Mac) and have the correct permissions.