System API examples

The following are System API examples.

  1. CreateConsole
    Demonstrates how to create a console window for stdout.
  2. DestroyConsole
    Demonstrates how to destroy a console window created with CreateConsole().
  3. FindFile
    Demonstrates how to find files that are in a specific pci-related directory.
  4. GetCWD
    Demonstrates how to retrieve the current working directory.
  5. GetDirectory
    Demonstrates how to get a list of files in a specified directory.
  6. GetEnv
    Demonstrates how to retrieve the value of an environment variable.
  7. GetFileBasename
    Demonstrates how to extract the base name portion of a file name.
  8. GetFileExtension
    Demonstrates how to extract the extension portion of a file name.
  9. GetFreeDiskSpace
    Demonstrates how to check the number of free disk space.
  10. GetMemory
    Demonstrates how to get an approximation of the amount of physical memory (in bytes) available on the current system.
  11. GetPathComponents
    Demonstrates how to extract all the path components from a full path name.
  12. GetStat
    Demonstrates how to get detailed information of a file.
  13. GetVersion
    Demonstrates how to extract the EASI version number.
  14. MkDirectory
    Demonstrates how to create a new directory.
  15. NormalizePath
    Demonstrates how a file path can be manipulated and represented on the local file system.
  16. ProgressCounter
    Demonstrates how to update the progress counter in a loop.
  17. RelTmpNam
    Demonstrates how to generate a "safe" temporary file name.
  18. SetCWD
    Demonstrates how to set and retrieve the current working directory.
  19. SetEnv
    Demonstrates how to assign a value to an environment variable.
  20. Sleep
    Demonstrates how to pause for a couple of seconds.
  21. SystemStartApp
    Demonstrates how to start a system application that is associated to a specific file extension.
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