Execute a system command: Difference between revisions

Complete usage example:

<!-- {{libheader|Cocoa}} -->

<objc>#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>

//works also with

//#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

//i.e. outside Cocoa (e.g. with GNUstep)

void runSystemCommand(NSString *cmd)

{

[[NSTask launchedTaskWithLaunchPath:@"/bin/sh"

arguments:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"-c", cmd, nil]]

waitUntilExit];

}

int main(int argc, const char **argv)

{

NSAutoreleasePool *pool;

pool = [NSAutoreleasePool new];

runSystemCommand(@"ls");

[pool release];

return 0;

}</objc>