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Prashant
Prashant

Reputation: 2192

Clear Clipboard on Mac

I am trying to clear the clipboard using the system command. So I have the following code in my application(written in C on Mac 10.6) -

SYSTEM("/bin/echo -n '' | /usr/bin/pbcopy");

but the above line does not clear the clip board. Interestingly, if I run the following command in the Terminal, it does clear the clipboard.

/bin/echo -n '' | /usr/bin/pbcopy

Any idea why System is behaving strangely.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2471

Answers (1)

NSResponder
NSResponder

Reputation: 16861

You're doing way too much work. There's no need to fork a shell and two more processes to do this: 

[[NSPasteboard generalPasteboard] clearContents];

Upvotes: 2

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