launch() doesn't seem to work as described

[theluckyfellow]

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04

I have launch() working in Windows, but I'm having issues under Linux.

First I tried:
launch("/usr/bin/lame", "/home/name/test.wav", "/home/name/test.mp3");
nothing...

Next I tried:
launch("lame", "/home/name/test.wav", "/home/name/test.mp3");
nothing...

According to the reference, one of these should work... "On Linux, it first tries gnome-open, then kde-open, but if neither are available, it sends the command to the shell without any alterations."

[gohai]

What happens if you put the arguments in an array?

[theluckyfellow]

That's actually what I normally do in the rest of the code. It also doesn't work.

  String[] params2 = { "/usr/bin/lame", "/home/name/test.wav", "/home/name/test.mp3"};
  launch(params2);

nor

  String[] params2 = { "lame", "/home/name/test.wav", "/home/name/test.mp3"};
  launch(params2);

I have lame installed. When I type lame /home/name/test.wav /home/name/test.mp3 into the terminal, it works fine.

[benfry]

Aren't you looking for exec() not launch()?

[theluckyfellow]

Well that works fine... Thank you!
I suppose the documentation isn't foolproof, with me playing the part of the fool here :-)

Also, Benfry just responded to my post! I did a little dance...

[benfry]

Sorry, just realized that exec() isn't documented in the main reference—no wonder people are getting confused. I've updated the launch() documentation to be clearer, and we'll look into adding a mention of exec().

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