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: "J. Stewart" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:28:33 -0500
On 1/19/07 at -0800 Alex Sheh said this
>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 "/Path/To/myExecutable" &
>(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)?
ignoring application responses
tell application "SomeApp" to launch
end ignoring
JBS
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