[Trivial-shell][] now has support for an input parameter to `shell- command`. This can be a stream or a string and is used as input to the command. As of today, only Allegro and SBCL are implemented tested (though I think CMUCL should also work). I need to add support for OpenMCL, CLISP, etc. Any patches are welcome since I haven't had time to set up all of these Lisps on my OS X box yet. The other *new*, *improved* thing is that you can use `*shell-search- paths*` to control how shell commands are found. If you pass a full path specification to `shell-command`, then no path searching is done. If, however, you pass a bare command, then trivial-shell will iterate over `*shell-search-paths*` and try to find a match. I find this helpful in getting things to run a bit more smoothly under different OSs and Lisps. See the [changelog][] for more details about the changes. [Trivial-shell]: http://common-lisp.net/project/trivial-shell/ [changelog]: http://common-lisp.net/project/trivial-shell/changelog.html -- Gary Warren King, metabang.com Cell: (413) 885 9127 Fax: (206) 338-4052 gwkkwg on Skype * garethsan on AIM