Running nogui on a Mac?

[djfilms@djfilms.ca]

SOS. In order to run in 64-bit on a Mac, I understand that I need to run Rf in nogui mode. I tried to do so and got a "permission denied" error. I'm not familiar with command lines (which is why I bought a Mac in the first place...), so could any kind soul tell me what's wrong from the terminal shell info below? I'm logged in as an administrator on my Mac. I'm running RF 5.0.2.

Any help gratefully received.

regards, David


[dj12core:~] david Quad% /Applications/RealFlow\ 5/RealFlow.app -nogui -threads 24/Volumes/Video1/fxphd\ off-loads\ from\ Dropbox/RF202/rfl202-class06/rfl202-files06/rf-files/gridsplashdemo/splash_basic01/splash_basic01.flw
/Applications/RealFlow 5/RealFlow.app: Permission denied.

[Alex]

Hi David,

your command should be like this:

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/Applications/RealFlow\ 5/RealFlow.app/Contents/MacOS/RealFlow64 -nogui -threads 24 /Volumes/Video1/fxphd\ off-loads\ from\ Dropbox/RF202/rfl202-class06/rfl202-files06/rf-files/gridsplashdemo/splash_basic01/splash_basic01.flw

RealFlow.app is just a wrapper of the actual content of the application. When viewed from the Finder, it appears like a single object to allow the fancy drag and drop workflow.

Please, let us know if you have any other problem.

[djfilms@djfilms.ca]

Hi David,

your command should be like this:

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/Applications/RealFlow\ 5/RealFlow.app/Contents/MacOS/RealFlow64 -nogui -threads 24 /Volumes/Video1/fxphd\ off-loads\ from\ Dropbox/RF202/rfl202-class06/rfl202-files06/rf-files/gridsplashdemo/splash_basic01/splash_basic01.flw

RealFlow.app is just a wrapper of the actual content of the application. When viewed from the Finder, it appears like a single object to allow the fancy drag and drop workflow.

Please, let us know if you have any other problem.

Alex,

Wonderful! It worked. Thank you for your prompt response and explanation. As an aside, I hope you are working on a 64-bit GUI MAc version, as I REALLY don't like MS-DOS-type interfaces.... . I think RealFLow is marvellous and I'm very happy with it (apart from the 64-bit problem on Mac).

regards, David

[astan]

Hey Guys,

i searched for some help with the nogui mod on a mac ( this is what i found ) - but it won't work for me ?!
"invalid option" ...is what i got so far...

System: MacPro / OS: 10.7.5
Realflow: 6.0.2.0085

possible command is:

open /Applications/RealFlow 2012/RealFlow.app

but my flags won't work:

open /Applications/RealFlow 2012/RealFlow.app - nogui

little advise would be nice - so i can speed up my sims and learning too

greets

[gus]

Hi,

No need to use the 'open' command.
This should do it

"/Applications/RealFlow 2012/RealFlow.app/Contents/MacOS/RealFlow" -nogui

and if you want to run the 64bits cmd version

"/Applications/RealFlow 2012/RealFlow.app/Contents/MacOS/RealFlow64"

Cheers,

g-)

[astan]

ok, i'm one step further now. i just needed to add those quotes in the code.

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Applications/"RealFlow 2012"/RealFlow.app/Contents/MacOS/RealFlow64 -nogui

this what it looks like now:

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Applications/"RealFlow 2012"/RealFlow.app/Contents/MacOS/RealFlow64 -nogui /Users/.../JOBs/v001_testsmash/v001_testsmash.flw

but unfortunately i only see the "welcome"-screen. nothing happen.
tried to start the console first, then define the path. result: permission denied
tried to use the help and info command. result: command not found ?!
looks like a blackbox to me :/

what is the normal workflow for the nogui mod ? when should i define the path to the .flw ?

greets
astan

[Alex]

Hi astan,

for RealFlow64 you don't need the '-nogui' flag, because the 64 bit version is command line only.

So this line should work:

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/Applications/"RealFlow 2012"/RealFlow.app/Contents/MacOS/RealFlow64 "/Users/.../JOBs/v001_testsmash/v001_testsmash.flw"

[astan]

thank you !