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Invoke Unix Tool in Script Application Bundle
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Invoke Unix Tool in Script Application Bundle


  • Subject: Invoke Unix Tool in Script Application Bundle
  • From: Jerry Krinock <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:53:15 -0700

I need to write a unix program ("command line tool") in C/Cocoa/Carbon to access some API that are not available in AppleScript. (Specifically, I need to parse and decode a base-64 encoded File Alias that is stored in a file, and convert it to a unix path.) I want to ship this tool inside an AppleScript application package, so that my user only gets one package to doubleclick and run.

So, here's what I plan to do: Save script as application bundle, put the tool in the bundle's Contents/MacOS. In the script, run the tool with something like

set toolPath to ((POSIX path of (path to me)) as string) & "/Contents/ MacOS/" & toolName
do shell script toolPath & arguments, ... etc.


I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has tried anything like this, and/or can suggest a better way, before I dig myself in too deeply.

Jerry

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