Hi,

I have a font operator which I would like to display the current date. When I use `system (“date /T”)` I get no result. `system (“echo 123”)` is working though and so is `system (“ipconfig”)`, ect.


Is this a bug with houdini not understanding the “date” command or am I missing something?

Thanks!

does `system(date)` (works for you?)

tmdag
does `system(date)` (works for you?)

..no

it does not work because on windows “date” waits for user input. If you use “date /t” it should actually work (on the standard windows console it does). But trying it in houdini I do not get any output. I have two explanations for this:

1) date /t writes not to the standard output (maybe stderr)
2) its a bug in houdini

I believe on Windows system() uses c-shell, not the native command processor, and this causes problems with built-in commands such as ‘date’. You can try the following expression (it works for me):
`system(“cmd /C date /T”)`

axebeak
I believe on Windows system() uses c-shell, not the native command processor, and this causes problems with built-in commands such as ‘date’. You can try the following expression (it works for me):
`system(“cmd /C date /T”)`

here too, thanks a lot!