--- a/AbstractOperatingSystem.st	Mon Jan 23 10:01:40 2012 +0100
+++ b/AbstractOperatingSystem.st	Mon Jan 23 14:08:04 2012 +0100
@@ -1709,6 +1709,32 @@
     "Created: / 10.11.1998 / 21:05:45 / cg"
 !
 
+executeCommand:aCommandString outputTo:outStreamOrNil inDirectory:aDirectory
+    "much like #executeCommand:, but changes the current directory
+     for the command. Since this is OS specific, use this instead of
+     hardwiring any 'cd ..' command strings into your applictions."
+
+     ^ self
+        executeCommand:aCommandString
+        inputFrom:nil
+        outputTo:outStreamOrNil
+        errorTo:nil
+        auxFrom:nil
+        inDirectory:aDirectory
+        lineWise:false
+        onError:[:status| false]
+
+    "
+     OperatingSystem executeCommand:'tdump date.obj' inDirectory:'c:\winstx\stx\libbasic\objbc'.
+     OperatingSystem executeCommand:'xxdir date.obj' inDirectory:'c:\winstx\stx\libbasic\objbc'.
+     OperatingSystem executeCommand:'dir' inDirectory:'c:\'.
+     OperatingSystem executeCommand:'dir'
+    "
+
+    "Modified: / 20-01-1998 / 17:03:03 / md"
+    "Created: / 23-01-2012 / 14:07:50 / cg"
+!
+
 getCommandOutputFrom:aCommand
     "execute a simple command (such as hostname) and
      return the commands first line of output as a string (forget stdErr).
@@ -7104,11 +7130,11 @@
 !AbstractOperatingSystem class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/AbstractOperatingSystem.st,v 1.219 2012-01-20 12:33:14 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/AbstractOperatingSystem.st,v 1.220 2012-01-23 13:08:04 cg Exp $'
 !
 
 version_CVS
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/AbstractOperatingSystem.st,v 1.219 2012-01-20 12:33:14 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/AbstractOperatingSystem.st,v 1.220 2012-01-23 13:08:04 cg Exp $'
 ! !
 
 AbstractOperatingSystem initialize!