On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 1:41 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Any hints on how to make this NON blocking somehow?
> I need a solution for Mac and Win.
>
> I don''t know about darkside machines, but on \begin{condescending
snark} mac and other real operating systems \end{snark}, you can launch
commands into the background by suffixing with &
You may (or may not; it was years ago) need to enclose the command in
parenthesis, which makes the whole parenthetical a block. You might also
need to redirect output.
so
shell ( "(domycommand > myoutput &)" )
or something like that, and come back later to check myoutput
--
Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq.
(702) 508-8462
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