Help: running external program on Mac OS X
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- Subject: [mg64764] Help: running external program on Mac OS X
- From: "Kezhao Zhang" <kezhao.zhang at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 06:48:14 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
I want to run an external program from a Mathematica notebook on Mac OS X. The external program is located under /usr/local/software/bin. I added the directory "/usr/local/software/bin" to the $PATH in /etc/profile (I'm running bash). In a terminal window, the command "env" shows that the directory "/usr/local/software/bin" is in the $PATH. However, in the Mathematica notebook, the command "Import["!env", "Lines"]" shows that the "/usr/local/software/bin" is not in the $PATH. As a result, the external program does not run from the notebook. Is there anyway to make the new $PATH visible to Mathematica? Thanks for your help. Kezhao