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copied!<p>in the spirit of sharing... this is a method I use frequently to run shell scripts. you can add a script to your product bundle (in the copy phase of the build) and then have the script be read and run at runtime. note: this code looks for the script in the privateFrameworks sub-path. warning: this could be a security risk for deployed products, but for our in-house development it is an easy way to customize simple things (like which host to rsync to...) without re-compiling the application, but just editing the shell script in the bundle.</p> <pre><code>//------------------------------------------------------ -(void) runScript:(NSString*)scriptName { NSTask *task; task = [[NSTask alloc] init]; [task setLaunchPath: @"/bin/sh"]; NSArray *arguments; NSString* newpath = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@",[[NSBundle mainBundle] privateFrameworksPath], scriptName]; NSLog(@"shell script path: %@",newpath); arguments = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:newpath, nil]; [task setArguments: arguments]; NSPipe *pipe; pipe = [NSPipe pipe]; [task setStandardOutput: pipe]; NSFileHandle *file; file = [pipe fileHandleForReading]; [task launch]; NSData *data; data = [file readDataToEndOfFile]; NSString *string; string = [[NSString alloc] initWithData: data encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding]; NSLog (@"script returned:\n%@", string); } //------------------------------------------------------ </code></pre> <p>Edit: Included fix for NSLog problem</p> <p>If you are using NSTask to run a command-line utility via bash, then you need to include this magic line to keep NSLog working:</p> <pre><code>//The magic line that keeps your log where it belongs [task setStandardInput:[NSPipe pipe]]; </code></pre> <p>In context:</p> <pre><code>NSPipe *pipe; pipe = [NSPipe pipe]; [task setStandardOutput: pipe]; //The magic line that keeps your log where it belongs [task setStandardInput:[NSPipe pipe]]; </code></pre> <p>An explanation is here: <a href="http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?NSTask" rel="noreferrer">http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?NSTask</a></p>

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