Difficulty using shell in Ubuntu Linux

[Gordon Tillman]

On Feb 8, 2006, at 08:03, Bob Warren wrote:

> I am using Ubuntu Linux (#5.04 - "Hoary Hedgehog")*** with Rev 2.6.1.
> No matter what I try, I cannot get the function/commands "shell",  
> "launch" or "open process" to work. I have checked that the path to  
> the standalone folder for launching is correct (by displaying its  
> files), messing about with the default folder, putting the program  
> path into a Global variable, etc., etc., all to no avail.
>
> Do these commands work in other versions of Linux?
> Is similar failure the experience of other Ubuntu users?
>
> Bob

Bob I'm running on the same build of Ubuntu and the shell command  
works fine for me.  Check something... in the message box enter:

put the shellCommand

Make sure is it set to something valid.  Mine is set to "/bin/sh"

--gordon