Thanks Bob. I did that before I sent the message and searched a lot on the web. It looks to me like I am entering everything properly. I will not that the file takes a full path and I did not show a full path but I always used a full path. Maybe I will try compiling with gcc sometime to see if that works.
JB > On May 8, 2017, at 8:32 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > try man open in the terminal. That should tell you what the arguments to the > open command are. > > Bob S > > >> On May 6, 2017, at 18:46 , JB via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> To use a shell command it needs to work from >> the terminal. I am using OS X 10.11.6 and if >> I try to open a Xcode c build named my_file I >> type in the terminal, >> >> open my_file >> >> and the file my_file will open. >> >> I want to pass arguments to argv but the never >> get passed. I have tried the following; >> >> open my_file —args arg1 >> >> The argument never gets passed. Does anyone >> know how to pass arguments to argv from the >> terminal when open a file so I can use the script >> from a shell command? >> >> JB >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
