[Pd] searching for externals in OSX

Max Neupert abonnements at revolwear.com
Fri Sep 8 18:14:31 CEST 2006


Am 08.09.2006 um 15:43 schrieb Chuckk Hubbard:
> What I'm asking is a) how to set the folder relative to where the
> commandline is called from, and b) how to send Pd flags to Pd.  Simply
> typing them after the Pd command does not work.

well, it does work here.


> -Chuckk
>
> On 9/8/06, Max Neupert <abonnements at revolwear.com> wrote:
>> hi,
>>
>> what chris meant with the full path is running the pd executable and
>> not opening the pd.app application package which is rather an
>> obfuscated folder. this is what the open command in the shell does.
>>
>> so type
>>
>> /Applications/Pd-0.39.2-extended-test4.app/Contents/Resources/bin/ 
>> pd -
>> your -flags -here
>>
>> instead of
>>
>> open /Applications/Pd-0.39.2-extended-test4.app
>>
>> you might need the tcl/tk installed to make that work.
>>
>> m.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 08.09.2006 um 06:24 schrieb Chuckk Hubbard:
>>
>> > Thanks.
>> > I want to have a .command file that, when my user double-clicks it,
>> > will open Pd with whatever flags I tell it, with everything in a
>> > folder that my user can put anywhere.
>> >> From what I can tell, there is no way to pass a path to the  
>> command
>> > line relative to the folder from which it is called.  pwd gives me
>> > /Users/student, which only has a symbolic link to the Documents
>> > folder, meaning I have to switch to /Users/Shared to run Pd, and I
>> > don't know what kind of user names or folders my user will  
>> have.  "./"
>> > goes from the home directory of the current user, not the  
>> directory of
>> > the .command file.
>> >
>> > The Pd command also doesn't respond to my flags from within this
>> > .command file, nor will the open command allow me to use any.
>> >
>> > (I'm not just bogging down the list, btw, I've been searching  
>> high and
>> > low for answers to this online.)
>> >
>> > Thanks for your help!
>> > -Chuckk
>> >
>> > On 9/7/06, chris clepper <cgclepper at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Just use the full path when starting Pd.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 9/7/06, Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubbard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > On 9/7/06, Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubbard at gmail.com > wrote:
>> >> > > On 9/6/06, chris clepper <cgclepper at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > > What's the executable bit?
>> >> >
>> >> > Nevermind, I found this, and did it, and I can run a .command
>> >> file to
>> >> > change to the Pd directory and list the contents, and I see  
>> "Pd" in
>> >> > the readout.  If I add the line:
>> >> > Pd
>> >> >
>> >> > after changing to that directory, it says:
>> >> > Pd: command not found
>> >> >
>> >> > Any ideas why?
>> >> >
>> >> > -Chuckk
>> >> >
>> >> > --
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