Try

$ ./pharo Pharo.image printVersion
[version] 3.0 #30845

$ ./pharo Pharo.image eval --no-quit '42 factorial'
1405006117752879898543142606244511569936384000000000

it keeps the image running after printing the result of the expression.

On 02 May 2014, at 11:56, Bernat Romagosa <tibabenfortlapalanca@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> Is there a way to issue commands to an image via pharo-vm-nox on a headless server and not have it stop immediately after running them?
>
>
> This keeps the image running, but the command is not sent to it:
>
> pharo-vm-nox StarUOCs.image --no-quit eval "Transcript show: 'hi'"
>
> This is working, but the image quits after the command is run:
>
> pharo-vm-nox StarUOCs.image eval "Transcript show: 'hi'"
>
>
> Thanks!
> Bernat.
>
> --
> Bernat Romagosa.