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Using the SYSTEM command to run a program


BoneSkier

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How can you start a MONO application running using the SYSTEM command. I have tried to do something like this from the IDE terminal window which is nearly verbatim to the example given in the Power PMAC help on the "SYSTEM" command:

 

system "/var/ftp/usrflash/Project/C\ Language/Background\ Programs/mono MotionMonitor.exe -L1"

 

It says "no such file or directory".

 

 

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No, my program is MotionMonitor.exe with a command line argument of "-L1". This is a VB.NET program that I am wanting to run on the Power PMAC. I also don't want the SYSTEM command to wait for my command to complete. The "mono" part is used to tell LINUX to run my VB.NET program using MONO.
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BoneSkier,

 

Assume your .NET executable file is located in:

 

/var/ftp/gather/testapp.exe

 

You have to use the system command in following syntax:

 

system "mono /var/ftp/gather/testapp.exe"

 

This way you're telling the mono application to execute the testapp.exe with proper path.

 

 

 

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OK --- that is probably closer to the solution, but it still doesn't work from the IDE terminal:

 

My program is MotionManager.exe

It is located in this directory: /var/ftp/usrflash/Project/C Language/Background Programs

 

So, I tried this, but still got no such file or directory:

system "mono /var/ftp/usrflash/Project/C\ Language/Background\ Programs/MotionManager.exe -L1"

 

I was also able to successfully run this program from the /var directory with the following command at the command line in a TELNET session:

mono /var/ftp/usrflash/Project/C\ Language/Background\ Programs/MotionManager.exe -L1

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So, now that it runs, how do I get the SYSTEM command to return while my MotionManager program continues to run. Right now if I issue the command using GetResponse, I get a status of "2", which is Timeout. So, right now GetResponse must be waiting for the "system" command to return.
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