call shell script from max

spierala's icon

hello all,

do you know what is the best way to call shell scripts from max? I tried this shell external

but somehow I can´t make it to run in Max 5. Is this outdated?

greetz,
florian

Ad.'s icon

works fine for me… 
post your patch.
ad

spierala's icon

hey ad,

there is no patch yet cause already the install of shell is causing headache :)
i downloaded the external here:

but somehow the install did not work.
I placed the shell folder in the Cycling74 folder.

I wonder why the shell file has no .mxo suffix.

I also tried aka.shell. That installed perfectly by dragging to the Cycling74 folder.

thanx,
florian

Hans Höglund's icon

aka.shell works for me (Mac OS 10.6).

Ad.'s icon

Here's shell.ub…
It's more powerful than aka.shell, but I don't remember the case…

Ad.

576.shellUB.zip
zip
spierala's icon

hello! thanx ad, shellUB works fine in general. It just doesn´t like my special command:

aerender -help

also

mate -help does not work (Terminal Usage for TextMate)

typing this directly to the terminal works fine. but not with shellUB.
does shellUB just like a predefined set of commands?

florian

spierala's icon

hello,
this worked:

/Applications/AdobeAfterEffectsCS4/aerender -help

florian