I had the same problem, on Mac OS X with Pd-extended 0.41.4
I ran some tests and it seems that relative paths in [shell] just don't work like they do with the rest of pd. For example, if you have a pd patch in the same folder as ruby_script.rb, you can't run it simply by using a "ruby ruby_script.rb" message, you have to do "ruby /full/path/to/ruby_script.rb" (as opposed to, say, media files or abstractions in the same folder as your patch).
Both [motex/system] and [ggee/shell] work on my macbook.
(thanks for the list, Hans. I didn't know there were two [popen] objects)
Ben Baker-Smith
There are four options to try, let us know which works best for you:
flatspace/popen
moonlib/popen
motex/system
ggee/shell
.hc
On Jun 28, 2010, at 6:55 PM, Jon wrote:
> hi
> i'm trying to execute a ruby script from the shell object by sending
> it the message "ruby /path/to/script.rb arguments" but i get nothing.
> the script works fine from the command line, with the exact same
> arguments. is there an alternative?
> i'm on osx, latest stable pd extended
> thank you
>
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