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CheshireKat
CheshireKat

Reputation: 461

Bash script in Mac OS X app, calling custom app from system

In my bash script i have:

program=*program_name*
condition=$(which $program 2>/dev/null | grep -v "not found" | wc -l)
if [ $condition -eq 0 ] ; then
echo "$program is not installed";
echo -n *mypass* |sudo -S gem install $program;
fi

First of all, it installs program every time. It shows that program is not installed, but i can use it from terminal.

...then, i need to use this program in my cocoa application, for example

program --help

Using 

system([pathToFile UTF8String]);

i get: 

path_to_bundle/myBashScript.sh: Permission denied // Where path is in bundle

path_to_folder/myBashScript.sh:line 30: program: command not found // Where path is from other system folder

Using NSTask i get program: command not found every time.

I don't understand why this is happening. And i would like to know how i can use this program in my cocoa app.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 119

Answers (1)

CheshireKat
CheshireKat

Reputation: 461

So, i have found the solution.
When you're trying to run the custom system program from the cocoa app, you should give the full path to the binary.

The problem is in:

program=*program_name*

*program_name* should be full path to binary, in my case it was /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/program-version/bin/program

For additional information about installation paths: https://wiki.haskell.org/Mac_OS_X_Common_Installation_Paths http://help.rubygems.org/discussions/problems/739-how-to-run-applications-installed-by-gem

Upvotes: 1

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