Also note that under windows the analogous command is 'start' For example:
require'task' shell 'start ',jpath '~addons' Thanks, -- Raul On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > For anyone else who needs this, and didn't grasp what Raul and I were saying: > > openw=: [: shell 'open ' , ] > > openw jpath '~addons' NB. ---for example > > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 10:41 PM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks, Raul. (So easy when you know.) >> >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >>> open >>> >>> Note that 'open' will perform the default action for the path, and >>> typically for a directory, that's going to give you finder. >>> >>> -- >>> Raul >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Any Mac power-user out there, please... >>>> >>>> How do I open a Finder window on a given folder, the path stored in >>>> the J noun MYPATH? All I need is the Terminal.app command, and I can >>>> use the system verb: shell, like this: >>>> >>>> shell 'ls ' , MYPATH >>>> >>>> In other words, what to use instead of 'ls ' ? >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
