Okay, it works and i am using Kepler developer tree. By the way, do you
know that Is there any defined release date for next version of Kepler
(2.0).
Anyway, thanks for your help,
--ufuk
Christopher Brooks wrote:
> Hi,
> Do you have a small sample that illustrates the issue?
>
> I've attached a model that was run against the development version
> of Kepler (*not* kepler-1.0.0).
>
> The model has an ExternalExecution actor that reads the value of
> the environment parameter from an Parameter named
> MyEnvironmentParameter. The ExternalExecution actor run the
> "env" command, which for me, under Mac OS X, prints out the value
> of the environment. This might not work under Windows, you could
> try experimenting with the DOS "set" command.
>
> The Environment parameter is an array of Records, where in Ptolemy
> a record has name=value pairs. The docs for environment
> in ptolemy.actor.lib.Exec say:
>
> The environment in which to execute the command.
> * This parameter is read each time the subprocess is started
> * in fire(). Once the subprocess is running, this parameter is not
> * read again until fire() is called again.
> *
> * <p>This parameter is an array of records that name an environment
> * variable and the value for the value. The format is:</p>
> * <pre>
> * {{name = "<i>NAME1</i>", value = "<i>value1</i>"}...}
> * </pre>
> * Where <code><i>NAME1</i></code> is the name of the environment
> * variable, and <code><i>value1</i></code> is the value.
> * <p>For example <code>{{name = "PTII", value = "c:/ptII"}}</code>
> * would set the value of the <code>PTII</code> to
> <code>c:/ptII</code>.</p>
> *
> * <p>If the initial value of the parameter is <code>{{name="",
> * value = ""}}</code>, then the environment from the calling or
> parent
> * process is used in the new command.</p>
> *
> * <p>Note that if this parameter sets any environment variable,
> * then under Windows the other environment variables in the calling
> * or parent process might not be passed to the subprocess. This
> * behaviour could be platform or JVM dependent. When in doubt,
> * try setting the <i>command</i> value to "env" to print out the
> * environment.</p>
>
> If this doesn't help, please reply with a model. Also, let me
> know if you are using Kepler-1.0.0 or the Kepler devel tree.
>
> _Christopher
>
> Ufuk Utku Turuncoglu wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I try to use string parameter in external execution actor's
>> environment parameter but i got parsing error. Is there any way to
>> use string parameter in that field? I try to put double dollar sign
>> (that does not make sense in this example, but i want to try) at the
>> beginning of the parameter name but it also gives parsing error.
>>
>> --ufuk
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