[CS4:JS] How to run ".sh" file through Javascript

[Adobe-InDesign_CS4]

Dear All,

How to run the ".sh" file through Adobe InDesign Javascript, I used the below coding:

//================== Code =============================//

var myFile = File("xxx/xxx/xxx/Test.sh");

var Exec = "sh" + " "+ "\""+myFile+"\"";

File(Exec).execute();

//================== End =========================//

the above coding is not working, I checked before without "sh" also, It is not working.

Please anyone can give me the solutions & suggestion, and I will appreciate.

Thanks & Regards

T.R.Harihara SudhaN.,

[John Hawkinson]

You can't do it. Your only choice is to use VB or AppleScript, as appropriate for your platform, to call the shell.

This is what I use under OS X:

function shell(cmd) {
    var
        rv,
        call ='do shell script "'+
            cmd.replace(/\\/g,"\\\\").replace(/"/g,'\\"')+
            '"';

    try {
        rv = app.doScript(call,
            ScriptLanguage.APPLESCRIPT_LANGUAGE);
    } catch(e0) {
        rv = e0+"\n"+(rv?"":rv);
    }
    return rv;
}

[Adobe-InDesign_CS4]

Dear Hawkinson,

  Many thanks for this quick reply, I'm really very happy, but unfortunately the script is return the "Permission denied" value.

I used the below code, Please kindly change if anything is wrong.

//====================== Script Source =====================//

var myFile ="/Applications/MacXinPro/IDMLExportparse.sh";

shell(myFile);

function shell(cmd) {
var
rv,

call ='do shell script "'+ cmd.replace(/\\/g,"\\\\").replace(/"/g,'\\"')+'"';

try {

rv = app.doScript(call,ScriptLanguage.APPLESCRIPT_LANGUAGE);

} catch(e0) {

rv = e0+"\n"+(rv?"":rv);

}

return rv;

}

//====================== End : Script Source =====================//

//=========== Output ================//

Execution finished. Result: Error: sh: /Applications/MacXinPro/IDMLExportparse.sh: Permission denied
undefined.

Please kindly help me...

Thanks & Regards

T.R.Harihara SudhaN

[John Hawkinson · Accepted solution]

Does your file IDMLExportparse.sh have execute permissions set?

If you open Terminal.app and type

/Applications/MacXinPro/IDMLExportparse.sh

does it work? Or do you need to run "sh"? If so, either adjust the

permissions with

chmod a+x /Applications/MacXinPro/IDMLExportparse.sh

or change the JavaScript to:

shell("sh "+myFile);

[Adobe-InDesign_CS4]

Dear John Hawkinson,

Many.... Many Thanks for this kind help... This script is working fine...thanks once again... Great!!!

Regards

T.R.Harihara SudhaN

Message was edited by: Harihara Sudhan

[John Hawkinson]

Hmm...looking back at my script I notice now:

} catch(e0) {
        rv = e0+"\n"+(rv?"":rv);

I'm not quite sure what I was thinking here. I think the ?: is backwards and this was intended to be (rv?rv:"") but that doesn't really make sense either, since that's the same as (rv), and rv never gets set if there's an exception anyhow. so it could have just been:  rv = e0;

Oh well... It doesn't break anything, just looks ugly.