Lua os.execute empty terminal

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I have a program that requires me to call os.execute to run an external program, however, when I do this, the program runs with an empty terminal sitting open in the background, which is quite a pain. I was wondering if there was a way to prevent this?

furq · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-28 04:20:32Z

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Assuming you're on Windows, you can use the winapi library, specifically winapi.execute() which will run an application without popping up a terminal window.

answered Dec 28, 2012 at 4:20

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Code Bundle Over a year ago

And on linux? (I tend to make this as multiplatform as possible)

mkluwe Over a year ago

Have you tried :-) ? Ok, executing a command by a system shell does not open a window on Linux.

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