Yosemite issues

Niles_Mitchell · August 19, 2014, 5:43pm

After a quick Google search, looks like it is /tmp which is a symlink to /private/tmp

ChristopheDV · August 19, 2014, 5:48pm

Wow, the HUD windows in DP6 are way cool. But some controls have font color issues (transparent text etc…).
The HUD also introduces strange things when you animate HUD windows (like doing a flip). Fingers crossed if they get this fixed.

Michel_Bujardet · August 19, 2014, 5:48pm

I do a shell to textutil in my app and simply request folderitem.shellpath to get the current temporary folder, as I posted. Works perfectly. As you may notice above, sandboxed temporary is not at the same place as unsandboxed, and does not seem to be at /private/tmp. Using anything other than the folder supplied by the sandbox could be the recipe for trouble …

Niles_Mitchell · August 19, 2014, 5:56pm

I’m not following you on that.

Michel_Bujardet · August 19, 2014, 6:07pm

You must use the path supplied by the sandbox for SpecialFolder.Temporary, otherwise your app will not work.

I just sandboxed a short test project that does a very basic shell to ls /Private/tmp/ and the sanction is :

ls: : Operation not permitted.

The same project works fine unsandboxed.

I have learned not to use direct path notation when the sandbox is concerned.

Niles_Mitchell · August 19, 2014, 6:10pm

[quote=122604:@Michel Bujardet]You must use the path supplied by the sandbox for SpecialFolder.Temporary, otherwise your app will not work.

I just sandboxed a short test project that does a very basic shell to ls /Private/tmp/ and the sanction is :

ls: : Operation not permitted.

The same project works fine unsandboxed.

I have learned not to use direct path notation when the sandbox is concerned.[/quote]

I was refering to not following your first sentence…how to get XOJO special folders into UNIX shells

Beatrix_Willius · August 19, 2014, 6:13pm

The folder can vary. For AppleScript you can simply use

path to temporary items

HTH

Niles_Mitchell · August 19, 2014, 6:18pm

[quote=122606:@Beatrix Willius]The folder can vary. For AppleScript you can simply use

path to temporary items

HTH[/quote]

And that will resolve to the App’s Sandboxed temp folder?

Michel_Bujardet · August 19, 2014, 6:23pm

If you call the shell or the AppleScript from Xojo, you get the path from Xojo and pass it to the script.

In Xojo, Folderitem.ShellPath provides the escaped POSIX path for Mac OS X and Linux.
see http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/FolderItem.ShellPath

Niles_Mitchell · August 19, 2014, 6:54pm

[quote=122612:@Michel Bujardet]If you call the shell or the AppleScript from Xojo, you get the path from Xojo and pass it to the script.

In Xojo, Folderitem.ShellPath provides the escaped POSIX path for Mac OS X and Linux.
see http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/FolderItem.ShellPath[/quote]

so eseentially, SpecialFolder.Temporary.ShellPath?

Michel_Bujardet · August 19, 2014, 6:57pm

That’s it

Niles_Mitchell · August 19, 2014, 7:08pm

Gotcha, but I’m afraid that’s not going to help me in an Applescript calling a shell…unless Beatrix suggestion works.

Niles_Mitchell · August 19, 2014, 7:51pm

Anyway…all good stuff to try! I appreciate the help!

Michel_Bujardet · August 19, 2014, 7:59pm

How do you call an AppleScript from Xojo ? Through osascript ? You do not need AppleScript to run a shell from Xojo. Here is what I would do to list the files in the temporary folder :

s.execute("ls "+specialfolder.temporary.shellpath)

Niles_Mitchell · August 19, 2014, 8:09pm

[quote=122645:@Michel Bujardet]How do you call an AppleScript from Xojo ? Through osascript ? You do not need AppleScript to run a shell from Xojo. Here is what I would do to list the files in the temporary folder :

s.execute("ls "+specialfolder.temporary.shellpath)

Oh, I know that! I have many programs in the MAS that run Shell commands directly from XOJO!

However, I have one very unique app that runs a lot of AppleScripts. It’s the only way it can be done. Would take too long to explain. You’ll have to trust me on that one!

Hopefully Beatrix’s suggestion works.

Michel_Bujardet · August 19, 2014, 8:26pm

[quote=122648:@Niles Mitchell]Oh, I know that! I have many programs in the MAS that run Shell commands directly from XOJO!

However, I have one very unique app that runs a lot of AppleScripts. It’s the only way it can be done. Would take too long to explain. You’ll have to trust me on that one!

Hopefully Beatrix’s suggestion works.[/quote]

Result :

Macintosh HD:private:var:folders:sw:q9mqn7gd0jbg24kmdzxnv5qw0000gn:T:TemporaryItems:

Seems to work. Haven’t tried in a sandboxed environment. But just by curiosity : is it not possible to launch and AppleScript with passed arguments, like a bash script ?

Niles_Mitchell · August 19, 2014, 8:28pm

You can pass variables in and out of an Applescript.

I hope this works…

POSIX path to temporary items

Michel_Bujardet · August 19, 2014, 8:33pm

[quote=122653:@Niles Mitchell]You can pass variables in and out of an Applescript.
[/quote]

There you go For a bash script, I would pass the path as a string to the script. Maybe you can do the same.

This what I did in the Script editor to get the path unsandboxed :

set toto to path to temporary items

I have no idea if it will work with the sandboxed folder.

Niles_Mitchell · August 20, 2014, 2:23am

Well, the advice of Michel and Beatrix worked perfectly on Yosemite!!!

I am very relieved now!!

Thank to both of you!

Sam_Rowlands · August 25, 2014, 2:02am

[quote=121936:@Christoph De Vocht]I ones did a lot of tests and it never worked out fine. Maybe Xojo Inc changed something?
I will do some new tests asap.

Thanks for the info[/quote]
With the shell class you can launch a unsandboxed terminal application, however if you need to include a terminal application within the application bundle it must be Sandboxed, at that point you have to use NSTask.