Running OpenSees from a Mac

[fcharney]

I am trying to run OpenSees from a Mac. I have the program working, with the OpenSees executable in a certain folder. From that folder I can open OpenSees and run OpenSees commands. I also have in that same folder an example file called Test1.tcl. When I try to use the command SOURCE TEST1.TCL the program tells me ["TEST1.TCL": no such file or directory.]

Also, how do I run a problem from the command prompt in Terminal? As before, I am working in the directory under which the executable and the example file are stored. I can run the command "open OpenSees" and OpenSees opens. However, "Open OpenSees Test1.tcl" does nothing.

Any advice on the above would be appreciated!

[fmk]

i like to keep all my applications in one folder my $HOME/bin .. this is were i have placed OpenSees .. this way i don't need copies of the .exe all over the place, nor do i have all my scripts in 1 directory.

so that i can access any of my applications from a terminal no matter what directory i am in, i have made sure my PATH env variable is pointing to the $HOME/bin directory.

how to do this depends on what shell you have chosen for yourself. i am using bash and have placed the following line in $HOME/.bash_profile

PATH=./:$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/rappture/bin:$PATH

when i run a script in a terminal windows from anywhere i have 2 options:

1) start exe and source file
a) start OpenSees by typing "OpenSees" in a terminal window
b) type "source Test.tcl" in the interpreter.

2) start exe with file to be sourced
type: "OpenSees Test.tcl" in terminal window.