This package contains a number of functions that allows one to interact with the operating system from MySQL: sys_eval - executes an arbitrary command, and returns it's output. sys_exec - executes an arbitrary command, and returns it's exit code. sys_get - gets the value of an environment variable. sys_set - create an environment variable, or update the value of an existing environment variable. Use lib_mysqludf_sys_info() to obtain information about the currently installed version of lib_mysqludf_sys. WWW: http://www.mysqludf.org/lib_mysqludf_sys