[Scilab-users] Running external program

[Lester Anderson]

Hello,

I have the windows version of Scilab (currently 5.4.1), but would like
to run an external program (e.g. gmt software) and return or use the
output in the Scilab code:

As a rough algorithm  example (.sce):

//run the gmt program grdinfo.exe - extract data as single column z-matrix)

grd2xyz faa.grd -ZTLa > faa.txt

scilab: assign matrix output to variable for use in Scilab etc.

Any pointers would be helpful.

Lester