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System.Exec does not execute? - wusthans - 2015-03-11

Hi,

I added a custom menu entry to Home.xml:

Code:
<item id="8">

    <label>test</label>

    <onclick>System.Exec(/bin/sh sudo sh /home/xbian/test.sh)</onclick>

    <icon>-</icon>

    <thumb>-</thumb>

</item>

The sh does only contain

Code:
sudo reboot

When I click on the menu entry, it seems to be the RPi does something, because the mouse movement is not fluid for a second. But the system does not reboot. The log does not say anything about a failed script. It justs holds some info about 3 devices.

I also tried a python script:

Code:
#!/usr/bin/python

import subprocess

subprocess.call("sudo sh /home/xbian/test.sh", shell=True)

Same result. Could someone help me please?

Re: RE: System.Exec does not execute? - doug - 2015-03-12

Too many sudos? How about

Code:
    ...

    <onclick>System.Exec(/home/xbian/test.sh)</onclick>

    ...

instead of..

Code:
    ...

    <onclick>System.Exec(/bin/sh sudo sh /home/xbian/test.sh)</onclick>

    ...

RE: System.Exec does not execute? - wusthans - 2015-03-12

Thank you but I tried that too. Does not work.
I also tried

Code:
<onclick>System.Exec(/bin/sh /home/xbian/test.sh)</onclick>

afaik the /bin/sh is neccessary because System.Exec cannot run scripts directly. But I am not sure for 100%.

RE: System.Exec does not execute? - wusthans - 2015-03-13

Fixed it myself.

I use RunScript(...) now.