Process:spawn()

Process:spawn([suspended])method

Starts the process execution.

Parameters

[suspended]

An optional boolean value indicating if the process should be suspended once spawn, defaulting to false.

Return value

This method returns a Task instance that will run until the process stops its execution.

Example


--! luart-extensions
import sysutils
local ui = require "ui"

-- create a process launching Wordpad
local p = sysutils.Process("notepad.exe")

-- start the process
local task = p:spawn()

-- wait until the process is terminatedawait ntask

ui.info("Notepad process has terminated its execution")