System()¶

Synopsis¶

Execute a system command.

Description¶

Executes a command by using system(). If the command fails, the console should report a fallthrough.

Result of execution is returned in the SYSTEMSTATUS channel variable:

• SYSTEMSTATUS

  • FAILURE - Could not execute the specified command.

  • SUCCESS - Specified command successfully executed.

Syntax¶

System(command)

Arguments¶

• command - Command to execute
  

  Warning

  Do not use untrusted strings such as CALLERID(num) or CALLERID(name) as part of the command parameters. You risk a command injection attack executing arbitrary commands if the untrusted strings aren't filtered to remove dangerous characters. See function FILTER().

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