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# Using QL C, Part 4: Using CRUN

The Metacomco C package for the QL includes SuperBASIC extensions for emulating UNIX when running C programs. The commands are CRUN and CRUN_W. Two major features of the UNIX operating system are the ability to “redirect” the input and the output of a program, and the ability to read the arguments passed to a program.