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author | Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org> | 2020-02-23 20:48:02 +0100 |
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committer | Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org> | 2020-02-23 20:48:02 +0100 |
commit | 180843f9bd28b191c7404245ba0a121107992511 (patch) | |
tree | c60312dc09f76c2f55ba2383245c427e15c38dea /share/scripts/_system_exec.lua | |
parent | bf649cd68ad46c34a656700aa6cb89416d648c64 (diff) |
Also move Lua scripts to share subfolder
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/share/scripts/_system_exec.lua b/share/scripts/_system_exec.lua new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..281f5dee0b --- /dev/null +++ b/share/scripts/_system_exec.lua @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +ardour { ["type"] = "EditorAction", name = "System Exec" } + +function factory () return function () + -- ** EXAMPLES TO RUN EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS ** -- + + -- run a command in a shell and wait for it to complete. + -- + -- Details: basically just system(3), except on Unix like systems with + -- memory-locking, this call is special-cased to use vfork and close + -- file-descriptors. On other systems it defaults to Lua's os-library + -- built-in os.execute system() call. + os.execute ("date > /tmp/testdate") + + -- os.forkexec() works as fire-and-forget. execv(3) style + -- + -- Details: It calls vfork() and exec() under the hood, passing each + -- argument separately to exec (and needs a full-path to the binary). + os.forkexec ("/usr/bin/xterm") + os.forkexec ("/bin/sh", "-c", "import --frame \"/tmp/scr_$(date).png\"") +end end |