Re: System calls in AS (was: Re: Unixy question)
Re: System calls in AS (was: Re: Unixy question)
- Subject: Re: System calls in AS (was: Re: Unixy question)
- From: Michael Kelly <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 10:10:39 -0700
On 5/9/02 8:05 AM, Jon Pugh <email@hidden> wrote:
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At 11:42 PM -0700 5/8/02, Michael Kelly wrote:
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> Hmm... couldn't you also just send this command to the system via
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> AppleScript through something akin to "system()"? Can AppleScript do that?
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There is no "system" command, it's called "do shell script" and it's
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essentially what we were talking about.
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However, you still can't call arbitrary C library routines from it.
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Jon
I know about "do shell script", as mentioned in a previous post -- I was
specifically wondering about the C stuff.
I guess I should stop thinking of AppleScript in terms of Perl or C... :)
Thanks for helping with the regex withdrawal,
--
Michael
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