On 03/13/2012 11:29 AM, Bill Vlahos wrote:
The docs say to execute a shell command you can do: shell("ls -l *.txt")However, this fails for me with: Message execution error: Error description: Handler: can't find handler Hint: shell("ls How do I run a shell command from inside LiveCode on a Mac? The full solution I want to do is to run the "id" command as administrator so I could run "sudo id" but I want to prompt for a successful authentication. I know how to do this in AppleScript so I could just call that but I would rather to it in LC. Bill Vlahos
shell() is a function not a command. From the looks of it, you seem to have left off the 'get' or 'put' command to execute the function.
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