+
+-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- rawSystem: run an external command
+
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 601
+
+-- This code is copied from System.Cmd on GHC 6.1.
+
+rawSystem :: FilePath -> [String] -> IO ExitCode
+
+#ifndef mingw32_TARGET_OS
+
+rawSystem cmd args =
+ withCString cmd $ \pcmd ->
+ withMany withCString (cmd:args) $ \cstrs ->
+ withArray0 nullPtr cstrs $ \arr -> do
+ status <- throwErrnoIfMinus1 "rawSystem" (c_rawSystem pcmd arr)
+ case status of
+ 0 -> return ExitSuccess
+ n -> return (ExitFailure n)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "rawSystem"
+ c_rawSystem :: CString -> Ptr CString -> IO Int
+
+#else
+
+-- On Windows, the command line is passed to the operating system as
+-- a single string. Command-line parsing is done by the executable
+-- itself.
+rawSystem cmd args = do
+ let cmdline = translate cmd ++ concat (map ((' ':) . translate) args)
+ withCString cmdline $ \pcmdline -> do
+ status <- throwErrnoIfMinus1 "rawSystem" (c_rawSystem pcmdline)
+ case status of
+ 0 -> return ExitSuccess
+ n -> return (ExitFailure n)
+
+translate :: String -> String
+translate str = '"' : foldr escape "\"" str
+ where escape '"' str = '\\' : '"' : str
+ escape '\\' str = '\\' : '\\' : str
+ escape c str = c : str
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "rawSystem"
+ c_rawSystem :: CString -> IO Int
+
+#endif
+#endif