21 lines
821 B
Lua
21 lines
821 B
Lua
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ardour { ["type"] = "EditorAction", name = "System Exec" }
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function factory () return function ()
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-- ** EXAMPLES TO RUN EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS ** --
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-- run a command in a shell and wait for it to complete.
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--
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-- Details: basically just system(3), except on Unix like systems with
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-- memory-locking, this call is special-cased to use vfork and close
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-- file-descriptors. On other systems it defaults to Lua's os-library
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-- built-in os.execute system() call.
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os.execute ("date > /tmp/testdate")
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-- os.forkexec() works as fire-and-forget. execv(3) style
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--
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-- Details: It calls vfork() and exec() under the hood, passing each
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-- argument separately to exec (and needs a full-path to the binary).
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os.forkexec ("/usr/bin/xterm")
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os.forkexec ("/bin/sh", "-c", "import --frame \"/tmp/scr_$(date).png\"")
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end end
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