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From: Garapata on 11 Aug 2010 04:46
Hi everyone,

I run Mathematica on a Mac (Snow Leopard).

I need to run a package from the command line without launching a
notebook.

First, I created a notebook with four cells:

Needs["myPackages`myPackage`"]
connectionInfo = {"databaseDriver", "databaseLocation", "username",
password"};
workFlow[connectionInfo];
Quit[]

All pretty simple:

Needs[] loads a package that I've placed in an ExtraPackages
subdirectory.
connectionInfo gives database connection parameters.
workFlow[] runs some code and writes to the data base.
Quit[] should exit the kernel

This all works fine running in a notebook.

I took the notebook, made each cell an initialization cell, and saved
it as a package,
"myAutoRun.m"

I researched the documentation, the internet, and this forum and found
that MathKernel should start the Mathematica Kernel on Mac OS X

But now I don't know what I need to do in the terminal window to
launch the kernel and run the package.

I don't know my way around a terminal window or command prompt, so I'd
appreciate as explicit instructions as possible (especially defining
file paths and changing directories if I need to do so).

Thanks everyone,
G

From: Garapata on 12 Aug 2010 05:27
Hi again,

I just found out how to do this. The required syntax for the command
line looks something like this:

/Applications/Mathematica.app/Contents/MacOS/MathKernel -run "<</
Path.../myAutoRun.m"

Works perfectly.

Thanks to all anyway.
Still the best forum I know about on the internet!

G.

From: Armand Tamzarian on 12 Aug 2010 05:31
On Aug 11, 3:46 am, Garapata <warsaw95...(a)mypacks.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I run Mathematica on a Mac (Snow Leopard).
>
> I need to run a package from the command line without launching a
> notebook.
>
> First, I created a notebook with four cells:
>
> Needs["myPackages`myPackage`"]
> connectionInfo = {"databaseDriver", "databaseLocation", "username",
> password"};
> workFlow[connectionInfo];
> Quit[]
>
> All pretty simple:
>
> Needs[] loads a package that I've placed in an ExtraPackages
> subdirectory.
> connectionInfo gives database connection parameters.
> workFlow[] runs some code and writes to the data base.
> Quit[] should exit the kernel
>
> This all works fine running in a notebook.
>
> I took the notebook, made each cell an initialization cell, and saved
> it as a package,
> "myAutoRun.m"
>
> I researched the documentation, the internet, and this forum and found
> that MathKernel should start the Mathematica Kernel on Mac OS X
>
> But now I don't know what I need to do in the terminal window to
> launch the kernel and run the package.
>
> I don't know my way around a terminal window or command prompt, so I'd
> appreciate as explicit instructions as possible (especially defining
> file paths and changing directories if I need to do so).
>
> Thanks everyone,
> G


http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/7590/

cheers

Mike

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