Run external program

Question

I need to run an external program to process some files. I have added the location of the program to my .bash_profile (I use a mac) and I have verified that executing the program in Terminal works.

However, whenever I execute Run["program"] Mathematica returns 32512. I suppose this is some error code but I can't find what it means.

Whatever idea you have will help me.

Try the answers in this question how-to-trigger-unix-command-line-command-from-mathematica-notebook Same error code there. This code looks like the exit code from the program you ran. — Nasser, Aug 28 '16 at 06:10
I think that code is either coming from the OS or Mathematica, since I get the same output no matter what I Run. — amrods, Aug 28 '16 at 06:48
try running a system command, like "ls" or "dir" and see if you get same code. It works for me when I do Run["DIR"] no problem. — Nasser, Aug 28 '16 at 08:02
you were right, "ls" returns 0, could it be that Mathematica is not finding the program I'm trying to run? — amrods, Aug 28 '16 at 08:05
RunProcess will return an Association with more status info about the program you tried to execute. — masterxilo, Aug 31 '16 at 01:06

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 28 '16 at 11:22

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Your problem is likely to be that the program you are trying to run is not on the path that Mathematica is using. To see this you can use:

file = CreateTemporary[];
Run[StringJoin["echo $PATH >", file]];
FilePrint[file]

I get the following

/usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica/11.0/Executables:/usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica/11.0/SystemFiles/Graphics/Binaries/Linux-x86-64:/usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica/11.0/Executables:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/usr/bin/X11

answered Aug 28 '16 at 11:22

mikado

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right, I get only /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin, even when I edit my .bash_profile to add the path of the program I want to run... – amrods Aug 28 '16 at 19:48
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Can you specify the full path to the program in the call e.g. Run["/path/to/program"]? Or use Run["bash -c Program"]? – mikado Aug 28 '16 at 20:09
Run with the full path works. What does bash -c program do? – amrods Aug 28 '16 at 20:30
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It uses bash to run the program. If you have set up the path correctly for bash, it should then be able to launch the program. – mikado Aug 28 '16 at 20:32

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