Re: Executing command without flashing shell window

[Enrico Colombini <erix@...>]

Attila wrote:
> I want to execute a command to get the label of a hard disk by VOL C:. 
> The only problem that os.execute() flashes the black shell window, and I 
> don't like this. I guess it's possible without it, but don't know, how.

If you can tolerate an icon flashing in the taskbar (and you started the 
program from a console) this could do:

  local cmd = 'dir'
  os.execute('start /min cmd /c ' .. cmd)

else I guess you'll have to use alien and call the relevant Windows API 
(I don't know which one).

  Enrico