Operating System Functions
Statements and procedures for working with files, directories and the system.
Description
The statements and procedures listed here provide access to the operating system environment. They transfer execution to external programs, get information about files and directories, manipulate the file system and send commands to the command shell.
Working with Files
Procedures that deal with files.
Working with Directories
Various directory management procedures.
File Properties
Get information about files.
System Procedures
Procedures for working with the environment.

Working with Files Exec and Chain Temporarily transfers control to another program. Run Transfers control to another program. Kill Deletes an existing file. Name Renames an existing file. Working with Directories CurDir Gets the current working directory. ChDir Sets the current working directory. Dir Gets the names of files or directories matching certain attributes. ExePath Gets the directory of the current running program. MkDir Creates a new directory. RmDir Deletes an existing directory. | File Properties FileAttr Gets information about a file bound to a file number. FileCopy Copies a file. FileDateTime Gets the last modified date and time of a file. FileExists Tests for the existence of a file. FileLen Gets the length (in bytes) of a file. System Procedures Fre Gets the amount of free memory (in bytes) available. Command Gets the command-line parameters passed to the program. Environ Gets the value of an environment variable. SetEnviron Sets the value of an environment variable. Shell Sends a command to the system command interpreter. System Closes all open files and exits the program.