Calling UNIXUTILS ShellCommand from XCL

[pamoroso]

Is the UNIXUTILS function ShellCommand supposed to be called from Common Lisp? When I call IL:ShellCommand from a XCL Exec I get the error:

Undefined car of form
IL:SHELLCOMMAND

but ShellCommand works as expected from an Interlisp Exec:

[MattHeffron]

Because the XCL exec uses the Common Lisp readtable, which converts to uppercase by default, IL:ShellCommand is converted to IL:SHELLCOMMAND as you saw. Instead, use IL:|ShellCommand| (the | characters keep the case as typed).

There's no IL:SHELLCOMMAND function, but there is an IL:|ShellCommand| function. (I.e., those are two different symbols and the function is on the mixed case one.)

[pamoroso]

That works thanks.

[rmkaplan]

But maybe this is something that should be changed. Given the case issue, why is this particular function in camel case rather than changed rather than in eithr the dot or hyphen conventions that are more generally used: SHELL.COMMAND or SHELL-COMMAND?

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[pamoroso]

Most of the other UNIXUTILS functions are in camel case too.

[masinter]

what is the history of ShellCommand?