added system.gorgeEx that includes the exitCode; refs #4874; fixes #1994

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index 309df7f84..83dc20869 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -3368,6 +3368,11 @@ proc staticExec*(command: string, input = "", cache = ""): string {.
   ## .. code-block:: nim
   ##     const stateMachine = staticExec("dfaoptimizer", "input", "0.8.0")
 
+proc gorgeEx*(command: string, input = "", cache = ""): tuple[output: string,
+                                                              exitCode: int] =
+  ## Same as `gorge` but also returns the precious exit code.
+  discard
+
 proc `+=`*[T: SomeOrdinal|uint|uint64](x: var T, y: T) {.
   magic: "Inc", noSideEffect.}
   ## Increments an ordinal