NSUserUnixTaskMBS.Constructor(file as folderitem, byref error as NSErrorMBS)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Cocoa Tasks	MBS MacExtras Plugin	16.2	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	❌ No	Desktop, Console & Web

Initialize given a URL for a script file.

The returned object will be, or raises exception if the file does not appear to match any of the known types.

The script should have a valid file extension like ".sh" and the executable bit set (chmod +x) to be able to run. First line of the script should have the shebang line like "#!/bin/bash" and line endings should be Chr(10) as in EndOfLine.Unix.

See also:

• Constructor(URL as String, byref error as NSErrorMBS)

NSUserUnixTaskMBS.Constructor(URL as String, byref error as NSErrorMBS)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Cocoa Tasks	MBS MacExtras Plugin	16.2	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	❌ No	Desktop, Console & Web

Initialize given a URL for a script file.

The returned object will be, or raises exception if the file does not appear to match any of the known types.

See also:

• Constructor(file as folderitem, byref error as NSErrorMBS)

NSUserUnixTaskMBS.executeWithArguments(arguments() as string, tag as Variant = nil)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Cocoa Tasks	MBS MacExtras Plugin	16.2	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	❌ No	Desktop, Console & Web

Execute the file with the given arguments.

The arguments do not undergo shell expansion, so you do not need to do special quoting, and shell variables are not resolved.
Calls later ExecuteFinished event.
The tag value is passed to the executeFinished event.