From 1496ffac6ec9f0b37d38475db5747aee27695b67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JeffR <areloch@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:10:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Adds a systemCommand console utility function, which invokes
 the standard system() function call, and also has an optional callback return
 parameter.

---
 Engine/source/console/consoleFunctions.cpp | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Engine/source/console/consoleFunctions.cpp b/Engine/source/console/consoleFunctions.cpp
index a4b50cfcc..099f7090d 100644
--- a/Engine/source/console/consoleFunctions.cpp
+++ b/Engine/source/console/consoleFunctions.cpp
@@ -2859,3 +2859,21 @@ DefineEngineFunction(getTimestamp, const char*, (), ,
 
    return returnBuffer;
 }
+
+#ifdef TORQUE_TOOLS
+DefineEngineFunction(systemCommand, S32, (const char* commandLineAction, const char* callBackFunction), , "", "")
+{
+   if (commandLineAction != "")
+   {
+      S32 result = system(commandLineAction);
+
+      if (callBackFunction != "" && callBackFunction[0])
+      {
+         if (Con::isFunction(callBackFunction))
+            Con::executef(callBackFunction, result);
+      }
+   }
+
+   return -1;
+}
+#endif