That last sentence should read... "aborts the -(void)launch method if a
valid executable does not exist at the path given." :)

Sorry about that. :)

GC


On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Gregory Casamento <[email protected]
> wrote:

> The execve(...) function in - (void)launch is being called with the full
> set of environment variables for the current user.   This is why it's able
> to find the binary when you just do "diff."   Additionally, the launch
> method does not validate that there is an executable at the path given
> before it runs execve(...).   If the Cocoa behavior is desired then there
> should be a check for a valid executable before the call to execve which
> aborts the -(void)launch method.
>
> GC
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Riccardo Mottola <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> while comparing code behavour between Cocoa and GNUstep I noticed that
>> gnustep is capable of just esecuting a task with the executable. E.g. I can
>> say "diff" as launchpath (which resides in /usr/bin/diff) and NSTask will
>> execute on GNUstep, but not on Cocoa. On cocoa I need to specify
>> "/usr/bin/diff". The executable is in a standard place.
>> Which behaviour is correct? I read the documentation and it says :
>>
>> /path/
>>
>>    The path to the executable.
>>
>> Which leads to think that the Apple behaviour is consistent, since it
>> implies the whole path.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Riccardo
>>
>>
>>
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