command line examples

[Matthias Rebbe]

Hi Todd,

you have to use open on Mac os x

E.g.  open 'served.app'    would open the application served.app.

If your are not in the folder, where the application resides you can use also paths

open /whateverfolder/served.app

HTH


Matthias

Am 06.05.2011 um 16:56 schrieb Todd Geist:

> I just stumbled on something that would make me sad.
> 
> It seems that maybe command line mode has been removed in anything after
> version 4.  Id this is true then I think it is very sad.
> 
> Can anyone confirm this?
> 
> Todd
> 
> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Todd Geist <todd at geistinteractive.com>wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I had nice long chat with Richard Gaskin yesterday. Amongst the myriad of
>> topics we discussed was how to build simple apps that could be started from
>> the command line and run silently in the back ground.  I have been trying to
>> do a little R and D on this idea, but I am stymied by the fact that I can't
>> even get an app to launch via the command line.  I have searched the docs
>> and searched on line, and It seems as though this can be done. But I can't
>> find any really documentation on it, or any examples.
>> 
>> I have an standalone called "served.app"  What is the terminal command that
>> will launch it?  Are there special messages sent to the stack when it is
>> launched this way?  What are the options that can be passed?  I have heard a
>> rumor that there is  an option "-ui", but I have not as yet seen proof of
>> it's existence.
>> 
>> Does anyone have any examples or articles on how this is done?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Todd
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Todd Geist
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>> 
> 
> 
> Todd Geist
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