Os

Supported platforms: android, ios, mac, pc
Available since: Gideros 2011.6

Description

Operating System Facilities

Methods os.clock - returns CPU time used by program in seconds os.date - returns a string or table containing date and time, "*t" returns a table os.difftime - returns number of seconds from time t1 to time t2 os.execute - executes command using C function system, returns status code os.exit - terminates host program with optional code, default is success code os.getenv - returns value of environment variable varname. nil if not defined os.remove - deletes file with given name, nil if fails os.rename - renames file oldname to newname, nil if fails os.setlocale - set current locale of program, returns name of new locate or nil os.time - returns current time(usually seconds- or time as represented by table os.timer - returns precise time in seconds relative to some arbitrary point os.tmpname - returns a string with a filename for a temporary file(dangerous! tmpfile is better-

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