How do I run an executable using Lua?

Question

I have an executable I want to run using Lua ... how do I do this?

Can't seem to find any documentation anywhere about this.

Answer 1

Use os.execute.

Answer 2

You can use Lua's native 'execute' command.

Example:

os.execute("c:\\temp\\program.exe")

Sources: Lua Guide / os.execute

Answer 3

If you need the output of the program, use io.popen