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Structure c-system-function provides access to the C system() function.

Have-system? returns true if the underlying C implementation has a command processor. (System string) passes string to the C system() function and returns the result.

(begin
  (system "echo foo > test-file")
  (call-with-input-file "test-file" read))
-> 'foo

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