Mac OS Terminal Commands ?

[Stephen Barncard]

read the docs again for
shellcommand:

>Summary:
>Specifies the name and location of the command used for the shell function.
>
>Examples:
>set the shellCommand to "/bin/sh/ksh"

it's the kind of shell, not the location of terminal.app

also since shell is a function, use 'put' or 'get' with it

longer or complex shell commands should be put into a field first, or 
properly formatted for quotes, etc.

on mouseUp
         put shell ("KillAll Finder")
end mouseUp



>Stephen Barncard wrote:
>
>"check out shell() and shellcommand in the docs"
>
>which I did, Thanks, but obviously I'm having a "thick patch" and 
>don't quite understand why the following didn't work:
>
>on mouseUp
>   set the shellCommand to "/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app"
>  shell ("KillAll Finder")
>end mouseUp
>
>sincerely, Richmond Mathewson

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