Running executables iOS

Question

I'm trying to make an iOS app to run an executable file from code. The file is in /usr/bin/, and I need to execute it with arguments.

How can I do it?

This can only be done on jailbroken devices and it can't be done for apps meant for the App Store. — rmaddy, Jun 15 '13 at 18:32
Thats fine, I have a jailbroken iPhone and I'm not going to publish it. so.. how can I do this — Yuval.M, Jun 15 '13 at 18:36
See the code fragment in the accepted answer to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4326684 — CuriousRabbit, Jun 15 '13 at 20:19
@CuriousRabbit, (or JustSid) you should submit that as an **answer**. That's a valid solution to this problem, but this question is not a duplicate of the other question because this is for iOS. — Nate, Jun 16 '13 at 03:17

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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I was able to call some command line applications using NSTask as described here:

Including the NSTask.h header file from Mac OS X was enough to get this working on my jailbroken device.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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answered Jun 18 '13 at 10:32

newenglander

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