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Shell (general internal functions) 
Purpose 
Runs an executable program on the server. 
Programs run on the server can have command line arguments passed to them, but no additional input can be provided to the running program. 
Operating system shell commands can also be run from this function. Shell returns an integer value that is the command interpreter's error code. 0 indicates that the command interpreter was able to begin processing the request. Non-zero indicates an error. 
The Spawn function has several advantages over Shell, and should be used in place of Shell where possible. 
Syntax 
Shell (StringExpression) 
 Example 
Sub Main() 
        Dim rc As Integer 
        rc = Shell ("Copy C:\FCPO\LogFiles\*.* C:\Backup\LogFiles") 
        If rc = 0 Then 
                Print "Copy has started successfully." 
        Else 
                Print "Could not begin copy." 
        End If 
End Sub 
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