Hi Dave, Thanks for that, just what I was looking for.
Cheers, Billy. On 22 Apr 2010, at 11:04, Dave Keck wrote: >> FILE *file = popen("sqlite3 test.db .tables","r"); >> >> However, I've not been able to read the information from the returned file. > > What exactly isn't working? Maybe this helps: > > NSString *fullPathToDatabase = @"/Users/dave/test.db"; > NSTask *sqliteTask = [[NSTask alloc] init]; > NSPipe *readPipe = [NSPipe pipe]; > > [sqliteTask setLaunchPath: @"/usr/bin/sqlite3"]; > [sqliteTask setArguments: [NSArray arrayWithObjects: > fullPathToDatabase, @".tables", nil]]; > [sqliteTask setStandardOutput: readPipe]; > [sqliteTask launch]; > > NSLog(@"sqlite wisdom: %@", [[[NSString alloc] initWithData: > [[readPipe fileHandleForReading] readDataToEndOfFile] > encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding] autorelease]); Billy Flatman b.flat...@googlemail.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com