According to John Michael Black:

IMHO, I would think that the function getenv() and the procedure system() would be two widely used routines for a lot of people's programs. Instead of expecting everyone to "create" them each time, what possibility is there of including them in a standard library?

My BO5 project is intended to become a standard library for GNU Pascal. Its Unit "Tools" already contains a Borland- compatible version of getenv().

I know they're not standard or extended pascal,

GetEnv is in Borland's DOS Unit, so it's de-facto-standard on DOS-like platforms. Berend already ported some features of DOS to an Extended Pascal module, other things are in BO5, so it should be straightforward to write (at least parts of) a true Borland-compatible DOS Unit.

but like I said it seems like a lot of people would need to use them. If there isn't an include for operating system functions, perhaps this could start one.

Includes are not part of ISO-Pascal, modules are. With Borland or UCSD Pascal, you can include a file via (*$I foo *) (supported by GPC, too). However in my opinion, a Module or Unit would be preferable.

If somebody would like to write such a thing (or already has written), please let me know.

Greetings,

Peter

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