On 04/04/2008, Randall Meadows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > So I wonder what your stringWithFormat results actually look like.
> >
>
>  Just as you'd expect; something like
>
>  "/Users/randy/Desktop/file.tar"
>
>  I did the stringWithFormat: merely to quote the path, but upon reading the
> docs further, it appears this quoting is unnecessary, so I removed it and
> just add the variables to the args array directly.  I still get the
> status=2.
>
>
> > Hey wait... why does your tarFilePath end with a "/",
> >
>
>  I don't know what you mean...it doesn't.  There are \ characters in the
> code, they are merely to quote the double-quotes within the format string
> for the compiler, but there are no trailing slashes.
>
>
> > Do try the fileSystemRepresentation method :-)
> >
>
>  tarFilePath and plistPath are used extensively elsewhere as naked NSStrings
> with no problem.  But I tried, anyway.
>
>  Since fSR returns a const char *, I had to wrap that in an NSString anway,
> and the result looks *exactly* like the bare NSString to begin with.  And
> yes, the result of using fSR is:
>
>  status=2
>
>  Still.  :(
>

Damn, missed the double quotes.  :-)

- Log your params and reproduce the full command in a Terminal window.
- I don't think you have to worry about quoting your paths because
NSTask takes care of that for you (i.e. it's NOT calling system()
under the hood).
- install an output pipe:

        NSPipe                                          *pOutputPipe = nil;
        ...
        pOutputPipe = [NSPipe pipe];
        [pNSTask setStandardOutput:pOutputPipe];

        pOutputFileHandle = [pOutputPipe fileHandleForReading];
        pResultsString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:[pOutputFileHandle
readDataToEndOfFile]
                        encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        
        NSLog( pResultsString );
        [pResultsString release];


[Forgive the Hungarian notation, I kind of like it :-) Copied/pasted
and unverified]

Good luck.  Cheers,
-H.
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