Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: Can't exec a command in tcl page

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14: Re: Can't exec a command in tcl page (response to 1)
Posted by Neophytos Demetriou on 07/22/14 04:11 PM
FWIW, the following works for me - I've tried it from nscp but should work just as well from elsewhere / a TCL page:

set cmd "/usr/bin/libreoffice --headless --convert-to xls /tmp/test2.csv --outdir /tmp"

set handle [ns_proxy get exec_proxy]
set result ""
if { [catch { set result [$handle "exec {*}${cmd}"] } errmsg] } {
      ns_log notice "proxy exec: errmsg=$errmsg"
}
ns_proxy release $handle

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15: Re: Can't exec a command in tcl page (response to 14)
Posted by Antonio Pisano on 07/22/14 05:29 PM
I've tried your snippet, but the problem persists: logs report the usual error and the xls is not created.

Would you mind, at your convenience, to issue the command into a ds/shell or a minimal tcl webpage?