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  • S SGaist
    14 Jan 2016, 11:34

    Hi,

    I haven't tested source with QProcess but in any case the correct call would rather be:

    p.start("source", QStringList() << "/path/to/myscript.sh");
    

    Give the full path to myscript.sh. You are likely using a shadow build so myscript.sh will not be in the same folder as your application.

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    Mark81
    wrote on 14 Jan 2016, 11:49 last edited by
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    @SGaist
    I tried like you suggested but the behavior is the same.

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      SGaist
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      wrote on 14 Jan 2016, 12:33 last edited by
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      Try with p.start("bash", QStringList() << "-c" << "\"\"source /path/to/test.sh\"\"");

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      • S SGaist
        14 Jan 2016, 12:33

        Try with p.start("bash", QStringList() << "-c" << "\"\"source /path/to/test.sh\"\"");

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        Mark81
        wrote on 14 Jan 2016, 13:21 last edited by
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        @mrjj
        In this way the process (bash, or /bin/sh in my case) starts but it immediately ends with exit value 2 without executing the script.
        QProcess returns no error.

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        • S SGaist
          14 Jan 2016, 12:33

          Try with p.start("bash", QStringList() << "-c" << "\"\"source /path/to/test.sh\"\"");

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          Mark81
          wrote on 14 Jan 2016, 13:27 last edited by
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          @SGaist
          The process runs and the exit code is 0, but the script is not executed. By the way if I try to execute the following on prompt:

          /bin/sh -c ""source /path/to/test.sh""
          

          it does "nothing" (I mean no errors nor echo output).

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            SGaist
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            wrote on 14 Jan 2016, 13:43 last edited by
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            How are you checking that it does nothing with QProcess ?

            In the console version you have too much quotes it should only be bash -c "source /path/to/test.sh"

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            • S SGaist
              14 Jan 2016, 13:43

              How are you checking that it does nothing with QProcess ?

              In the console version you have too much quotes it should only be bash -c "source /path/to/test.sh"

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              Mark81
              wrote on 14 Jan 2016, 14:29 last edited by
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              @SGaist

              How are you checking that it does nothing with QProcess ?
              

              The env vars are not exported and there is no echo.

              In the console version you have too much quotes it should only be bash -c "source /path/to/test.sh"
              

              Yes, in this way the echo is shown but the vars are not exported. It's the same as run the script directly without sourcing it. But it's beyond my knowledge to understand why.

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                wrote on 14 Jan 2016, 14:35 last edited by
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                Can I ask silly question?
                If you run bash first, wont the export be in that instance of bash?
                source test.sh;echo $MYVAR
                does as expected
                but not with bash first.

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                  wrote on 14 Jan 2016, 21:54 last edited by
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                  On OS X putting the echo call inside the "command string" worked.

                  I'm reading stdout using readAllStandardOutput

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                  • S SGaist
                    14 Jan 2016, 21:54

                    On OS X putting the echo call inside the "command string" worked.

                    I'm reading stdout using readAllStandardOutput

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                    Mark81
                    wrote on 15 Jan 2016, 07:50 last edited by
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                    @SGaist
                    Ok, I will try using readAllStandardOutput() too. But also the env vars are correctly exported?

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                      wrote on 15 Jan 2016, 07:55 last edited by
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                      You can set the environment using

                      QProcess::setProcessEnvironment(const QProcessEnvironment & environment)
                      

                      You can get the environment of your current process via

                      QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment()
                      

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                        wrote on 15 Jan 2016, 22:39 last edited by
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                        @Mark81 Yes both the Hello World and content of the variable were shown. Again it's on OS X with a recent version of bash.

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