Re: Running programs from the command line in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg90837] Re: Running programs from the command line in Mathematica
- From: Steven Siew <stevensiew2 at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:19:27 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <g670kr$s30$1@smc.vnet.net>
Josh, If you do not mind me asking. What is idl? Also, can you try this: Run["/usr/bin/date"] Run["idl","/users/burkart/idlpro/autoexportdata.bat"] Run["/some/path/idl","/users/burkart/idlpro/autoexportdata.bat"] Thank you Steven Siew On Jul 23, 8:20 pm, Josh Burkart <jburk... at ucdavis.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > Basically, I would like to run the following command from Mathematica: > > idl /users/burkart/idlpro/autoexportdata.bat > > If I type this command into a terminal (I'm running Mac OSX Leopard), it = works perfectly well. However, if I try the same thing using Mathematica's = Run[] command, it does not execute and I get the following result: > > In[9]:= Run["idl /users/burkart/idlpro/autoexportdata.bat"] > > Out[9]= 32512 > > The error code Run[] produces is the same every time and I don't know wha= t it means (might be OS-specific). The command, when executed from the term= inal, is designed to self-quit after finishing. Is there some way to do wha= t I'm trying to do? > > Thanks in advance, > Josh Burkart