Theiry and Warren, Thank you. That is what I was missing.
Bill Vlahos _________________ InfoWallet (http://www.infowallet.com) is about keeping your important life information with you, accessible, and secure. On Mar 13, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Thierry Douez wrote: > 2012/3/13 Bill Vlahos <bvla...@mac.com> > >> 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? >> >> > Umm, could it be that you missed catching the shell() result? > > i.e: put shell(...) into x > > HTH, > > Thierry > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
