Tested this in the ScriptMaster.fp7 file and the results are the same. System is OS 10.6.4

Execute RunShellScript module with this shellScript:

system_profiler -detailLevel mini

This causes filemaker to hang

This worked perfectly with the previous version of SM.

Edited August 2, 201015 yr by Guest
Added more info

I just tried with that same shell script and it worked fine for me, both using the evaluate command and registering it as a function.

If you continue having the problem, please put together a small test file illustrating the problem and post it here.

Attached. This crashes every time for me.

Filemaker version is 11.0v2 if that helps

RunShell.fp7.zip

Hi Jack - I just tried the attached file and it worked OK for me. Can you try it again, and then send me your ScriptMaster log file?

Good news-- I updated the plugin from 4.01 to 4.02 and it seems to work now

It happened again today, which led me to discover the cause.

If I have a certain USB disk drive connected (details below) then this will hang. Strangely if I run the same command via applescript or in the terminal, there is no issue.

There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the disk either.

          Capacity: 750.16 GB (750,156,374,016 bytes)

          Removable Media: Yes

          Detachable Drive: Yes

          BSD Name: disk5

          Product ID: 0x2338

          Vendor ID: 0x152d  (JMicron Technology Corp.)

          Version:  1.00

          Serial Number: xxxx

          Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec

          Manufacturer: JMicron

          Location ID: 0xfd100000

          Current Available (mA) 500

          Current Required (mA) 2

          Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)

          S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported

          Volumes:

            disk5s2:

              Capacity: 749.81 GB (749,812,400,128 bytes)

              Available: 667.41 GB (667,412,488,192 bytes)

              Writable: Yes

              File System: Journaled HFS+

OK, it's good to figure that out - unfortunately, it doesn't sound like there is any way for me to reproduce the problem, which means that I can't do anything to fix it -(