Titanium Desktop createProcess to run shell script

Question

I'm new to Titanium and am trying to create a small test. I am on a Mac and trying to run the following code:

<a id="btn-file" href="#">Create File</a>

<script type="text/javascript">
    document.getElementById("btn-file").addEventListener("click", function() {
        var process = Titanium.Process.createProcess(
            ['touch', 'file.txt']
        );
    });
</script>

However, file.txt is not created. How do I run a terminal command from Titanium Desktop? Eventually, I'd like to click btn-file and it runs a shell script.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You're missing a call to the "launch" method. You create the process, but don't do anything with it!

<a id="btn-file" href="#">Create File</a>

<script type="text/javascript">
    document.getElementById("btn-file").addEventListener("click", function() {
        var process = Titanium.Process.createProcess(
            ['touch', 'file.txt']
        );
        process.launch();
    });
</script>