Does open process work on OS X now?

[Frank D. Engel, Jr.]

Does open process accept parameters on any other platforms?  I didn't  
think it would...

Even so, check the docs on "open process": they explicitly state that,  
quote (2.2.1 docs), "On OS X systems, you can use the open process  
command to start up an application, but not a Unix process."


Thus I suspect that it is not broken, and not a bug, which is why it  
was never Bugzilla'd.

If you don't need to track the I/O from the process and simply want to  
start it up without waiting for its completion, you could try this:

put shell(my_command & " > /dev/null 2>&1 &") into forgotten_var


Otherwise, I'm not sure what you could (easily) use.

On Sep 28, 2004, at 7:49 PM, K wrote:

>
> I now have Revolution 2.5.  Wow, sexy new look but I still do not seem  
> to be unable to open process "/usr/bin/xxx -param" on MAC OS X.   
> Please advise if there is some work around I am unaware of.
>
>
> NOTE: I cannot seem to locate this bug in the bug database.  Since it  
> is so significant I would assume someone would have posted it.
>
> K
>
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>  --- On Tue 09/28, K < nnoydb at excite.com > wrote:
> From: K [mailto: nnoydb at excite.com]
> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:01:25 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: Does open process work on OS X now?
>
> <br><br>I am attempting to exec() several different unix applications.  
>  I have written a external to does a double fork() exec() and alllows  
> communication via stdin and stdout (buggy at the moment).  I would  
> like to use open process since that is the generally supported method.  
>  Previously the suggested fix was to use shell() however it is hardly  
> interactive.<br><br>Kevin<br><br><br>-==-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 
> ==-=-=-=-=-=-<br>Disclaimer:<br><br>Any resemblance between the above  
> views and those of my<br>employer, my terminal, or the view out my  
> window are purely<br>coincidental. <br>Any resemblance between the  
> above and my own views is non-deterministic.<br><br> The question of  
> the existence of views in the absence of anyone to hold<br>them<br>is  
> left as an exercise for the reader. The question of the existence  
> of<br>the reader<br> is left as an exercise for the second god  
> coefficient. <br>(A discussion of non-orthogonal, non-integral  
> polytheism is beyond the<br>scope of t
>  his article.)<br><br><br><br> --- On Tue 09/28, Ken Ray <  
> kray at sonsothunder.com > wrote:<br>From: Ken Ray [mailto:  
> kray at sonsothunder.com]<br>To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com<br>Date:  
> Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:23:11 -0500<br>Subject: Re: Does open process work  
> on OS X now?<br><br>Well, open process has always worked on OS X AFAIK  
> - are you using it to<br>launch an application, or is there something  
> else you've been trying to do<br>that you weren't able to  
> do?<br><br>Ken Ray<br>Sons of Thunder Software<br>Web site:  
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$ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten  
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have  
everlasting life.
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