System_Command Released - How do I use it - no docs.?

Is it possible to get a working example? Else how do I figure out the syntax? How do I figure out how it's used if there's no documentation? I've wondered about this a lot w/PEAR - very often a class has no documentation - then how is anyone supposed to figure out how it's used? Do you actually grok the source? Appreciate any help... Lee G. On 17 Sep 2005 21:10:41 -0000, "PEAR Announce" <pear-dev@lists.php.net> said: > The new PEAR package System_Command-1.0.2 (stable) has been released at > http://pear.php.net/. > > Release notes > ------------- > Fix #828: assignement to $this > Fix #1985: default shell not set > > > > Package Info > ------------- > System_Command is a commandline execution interface. > Running functions from the commandline can be risky if the proper > precautions are > not taken to escape the shell arguments and reaping the exit status > properly. This class > provides a formal interface to both, so that you can run a system command > as comfortably as > you would run a php function, with full pear error handling as results on > failure. > It is important to note that this class, unlike other implementations, > distinguishes between > output to stderr and output to stdout. It also reports the exit status > of the command. > So in every sense of the word, it gives php shell capabilities. > > > > Related Links > ------------- > Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/System_Command > Changelog: > http://pear.php.net/package/System_Command/download/1.0.2 > Download: http://pear.php.net/get/System_Command-1.0.2.tgz > > Authors > ------------- > Dan Allen (lead) > Anders Johannsen <anders@ignition.dk> (developer) > > -- > PEAR General Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >