NSUserUnixTaskMBS methods

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NSUserUnixTaskMBS.Constructor(file as folderitem, byref error as NSErrorMBS)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Tasks MBS MacExtras Plugin 16.2 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No Desktop, Console & Web
Initialize given a URL for a script file.

The returned object will be, or raises exception if the file does not appear to match any of the known types.

The script should have a valid file extension like ".sh" and the executable bit set (chmod +x) to be able to run. First line of the script should have the shebang line like "#!/bin/bash" and line endings should be Chr(10) as in EndOfLine.Unix.

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NSUserUnixTaskMBS.Constructor(URL as String, byref error as NSErrorMBS)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Tasks MBS MacExtras Plugin 16.2 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No Desktop, Console & Web
Initialize given a URL for a script file.

The returned object will be, or raises exception if the file does not appear to match any of the known types.

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NSUserUnixTaskMBS.executeWithArguments(arguments() as string, tag as Variant = nil)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Tasks MBS MacExtras Plugin 16.2 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No Desktop, Console & Web
Execute the file with the given arguments.

The arguments do not undergo shell expansion, so you do not need to do special quoting, and shell variables are not resolved.
Calls later ExecuteFinished event.
The tag value is passed to the executeFinished event.

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