I'm not sure if AIR 2.6 has the ability to execute non-specific
executables.... but I think it is worth a try.
-Nick
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > you shouldn't use an absolute path for common utilities like tar, unzip,
> > etc.
>
> So a better fix would be just this?
>
> var tar:File = tar = new File("tar");
> var startupInfo:NativeProcessStartupInfo = new NativeProcessStartupInfo();
>
> startupInfo.executable = tar;
> startupInfo.arguments = arguments;
>
> process = new NativeProcess();
> process.start(startupInfo);
>
> Rather than:
> var tar:File;
>
> if (_os == LINUX_OS) {
> tar = new File("/bin/tar");
> }
> else {
> tar = new File("/usr/bin/tar");
> }
>
> var startupInfo:NativeProcessStartupInfo = new NativeProcessStartupInfo();
>
> startupInfo.executable = tar;
> startupInfo.arguments = arguments;
>
> process = new NativeProcess();
> process.start(startupInfo);
>
> Justin
>
>
>
