RE: AppleScript. launch executable without waiting for it to terminate
RE: AppleScript. launch executable without waiting for it to terminate
- Subject: RE: AppleScript. launch executable without waiting for it to terminate
- From: "Alex Sheh" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:43:15 -0800
- Thread-topic: AppleScript. launch executable without waiting for it to terminate
True, thanks for catching that.
-----Original Message-----
From: applescript-users-bounces+asheh=email@hidden [mailto:applescript-users-bounces+asheh=email@hidden] On Behalf Of Matthew Smith
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 6:39 PM
To: AppleScript Users
Subject: Re: AppleScript. launch executable without waiting for it to terminate
On 20/01/2007 13:26, "Alex Sheh" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I would like to write an AppleScript that launches an executable in
> the background, and then returns immediately. Currently I have the
> following,
>
> do shell script ³/Path/To/myExecutable² &
> (NOTE: myExecutable runs indefinitely waiting for input)
>
> However, even though I specify an ampersand to launch myExecutable in
> the background, my AppleScript hangs waiting for myExecutable to
> terminate. Is there a way to achieve the described behavior (my
> AppleScript returns immediately)?
Don't you mean:
do shell script "\³/Path/To/myExecutable\² &"
The ampersand has to be part of the string parameter of do shell script.
--
Matthew Smith
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