Add Process.shell and Process.runShell.

sdk/lib/io/process.dart

Index: sdk/lib/io/process.dart
diff --git a/sdk/lib/io/process.dart b/sdk/lib/io/process.dart
index c1a060a556ffdba90ab40e2047814ff809df194a..c9a8011abe75b1717cc9d60f8c7d7beac3eadbdb 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/io/process.dart
+++ b/sdk/lib/io/process.dart
@@ -100,6 +100,53 @@ abstract class Process {
                                             [ProcessOptions options]);
 
   /**
+   * Starts a process in the system shell and runs it non-interactively to
+   * completion.
+   *
+   * On UNIX systems, [:/bin/sh:] is used to execute the [executable]. On

[Søren Gjesse, 2013/05/22 07:50:39]

UNIX -> Linux and Mac OS

[Anders Johnsen, 2013/05/22 07:53:07]

Done.

+   * Windows, [:%WINDIR%\system32\cmd.exe:] is used.
+   *
+   * An optional [ProcessOptions] object can be passed to specify
+   * options other than the executable and the arguments.
+   *
+   * Returns a [:Future<ProcessResult>:] that completes with the
+   * result of running the process, i.e., exit code, standard out and
+   * standard in.
+   */
+  static Future<ProcessResult> runShell(String executable,
+                                        List<String> arguments,
+                                        [ProcessOptions options])
+      => run(_getShellCommand(),
+             _getShellArguments(executable, arguments),
+             options);
+
+  static String _getShellCommand() {
+    if (Platform.operatingSystem == 'windows') {
+      return r"%WINDIR%\system32\cmd.exe";
+    }
+    return "/bin/sh";
+  }
+
+  static List<String> _getShellArguments(String executable,
+                                         List<String> arguments) {
+    List<String> shellArguments = [];
+    if (Platform.operatingSystem == 'windows') {
+      shellArguments.add("/k");
+    } else {
+      shellArguments.add("-c");
+    }
+    var commandLine = new StringBuffer();
+    commandLine.write(executable);
+    for (var arg in arguments) {
+      arg = arg.replaceAll("'", "'\"'\"'");
+      commandLine.write(" '$arg'");
+    }
+    shellArguments.add(commandLine.toString());
+    print(shellArguments);
+    return shellArguments;
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Returns the standard output stream of the process as a [:Stream:].
    *
    * Throws an [UnsupportedError] if the process is