Re: NSTask: how to launch a binary as if I launched it via terminal?
Re: NSTask: how to launch a binary as if I launched it via terminal?
- Subject: Re: NSTask: how to launch a binary as if I launched it via terminal?
- From: Bryan Vines <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:29:16 -0500
Colas,
Do you want your app to open a Terminal window, in which Pico has opened the file at /Users/colas/myfile.txt?
If that’s so, I don’t think launching it via NSTask is going to get you anything.
What is the end result you want to achieve?
—
Bryan Vines
On Apr 14, 2014, at 8:59 AM, Colas B <email@hidden> wrote:
> Dear cocoa-dev,
>
>
> I am would like to launch a binary as if I launched it via terminal. I tried the following but it is not working.
>
> NSTask * myTask = [[NSTask alloc] init];
>
> NSArray * arguments = @[@"-c", @"-l", @"'/usr/bin/pico /Users/colas/myfile.txt'"];
>
> [myTask setCurrentDirectoryPath:@"/"];
> [myTask setLaunchPath:@"/bin/bash"];
> [myTask setArguments:arguments];
>
> [myTask launch] ;
>
> If I execute the same commands in a terminal, it works !!
>
> $ /bin/bash -c -l '/usr/bin/pico /Users/colas/myfile.txt'
>
>
> Any remark will be appreciated !!
> Thanks,
>
> Colas
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