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Re: osascript: application isn't running. huh?
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Re: osascript: application isn't running. huh?


  • Subject: Re: osascript: application isn't running. huh?
  • From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:19:21 -0500

Must be a very short timeout...


On 2/27/08, Paul Scott <email@hidden> wrote:
> Seems to be a timeout issue, not a memory issue.
>
> Paul
>
> Mark J. Reed wrote:
> > While remotely SSH'ed into my Mac:
> >
> > $  osascript <<'EOF'
> > ..> set foo to {}
> > ..> repeat with i from 1 to 23
> > ..>     set end of foo to i
> > ..> end repeat
> > ..> foo
> > ..> EOF
> > _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to
> > the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL.
> > 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
> > 21, 22, 23
> >
> > I expect the RegisterApplication error, since I'm not logged into the
> > console, but note that the script still works.
> >
> > If I increase the iteration count, however, the script breaks:
> >
> >  osascript <<'EOF'
> > ..> set foo to {}
> > ..> repeat with i from 1 to 24
> > ..>     set end of foo to i
> > ..> end repeat
> > ..> foo
> > ..> EOF
> > _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to
> > the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL.
> > 14:75: execution error: Application isn't running. (-600)
> >
> > The limit is consistent.  It seems to be related to memory allocation,
> > since if I change foo to a property, then I get one more iteration -
> > it works for 24, but breaks on 25.
> >
> > I tried setting my data segment ulimit to unlimited and doubling the
> > stack size ulimit, but neither change made any difference.
> >
> > So can anyone tell me what magic limit I'm hitting, and perhaps how to
> > avoid it?
> >
> > --
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