Hi Chris, Surely the open process command works on Mac OS X.
-- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 What does that error mean? Buy LiveCodeErrors for iPhone now http://qery.us/v4 A must-have for LiveCode programmers. On 23 aug 2011, at 22:32, Nonsanity wrote: > Now that the earth has stopped shaking here, I can re-write this email. I > lost the first rendition by switching to the USGS web site for details on > the 5.9 earthquake we had nearby (geographically speaking). Anyway... > > I've been trying to do some shell() background jobs on the Mac, ones that > will take a long time to execute. Sometimes adding the & to the end of the > string I pass to shell() makes shell return immediately, and I can see the > task started in Process Monitor. Other times shell keeps control until the > task is done (or I kill it in frustration). > > I made a new stack with a button and a field and put this script in the > button: > > on mouseup > put "start" into fld 1 > get shell( "sleep 5 &" ) > put "end" into fld 1 > end mouseup > > Now that SHOULD background the sleep so that shell returns immediately and > replaces the "start" with "end" in fld 1 so that you never really even see > the "start". But I get 5 seconds of "start" before "end" appears. > > In Terminal, the same "sleep 5 &" will return immediately, while leaving off > the "&" will make it delay 5 seconds before getting a new prompt. > > At the same time, I have a big, complex HandBrake command that DOES > background correctly. I can't figure out why that one works consistently. :( > > Has anyone else researched this and found some pertinent facts they can > share? > > (WHY OH WWHHYY doesn't the "start process" commands work on Macs????) > > ~ Chris Innanen > ~ Nonsanity > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
