Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:54:32 -0700 From: Don Wilde <Don@Silver-Lynx.com> To: J65nko BSD <j65nko@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shell programming challenge Message-ID: <41A62A68.8050201@Silver-Lynx.com> In-Reply-To: <19861fba0411251005265ecb91@mail.gmail.com> References: <41A615CE.6010405@Silver-Lynx.com> <19861fba0411251005265ecb91@mail.gmail.com>
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J65nko BSD wrote: > On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:26:38 -0700, Don Wilde <don@silver-lynx.com> wrote: > >>Hey, folks - >> >>I need to find a way to kick off an xterm running BASH and then execute >>a program within that xterm, but NOT close the new xterm after the >>program finishes. [snip] > > xterm -hold -e sh -c ./ticktock & > > "-hold" is explained in the xterm man page ;) > Yes and no. I don't get as command prompt back in the new xterm, either with sh or bash. ALso, the --rcfile arcument does not appear to work in conjunction with -c. This is what the man for hold specifies, but I need the prompt. -- Don Wilde ---------> Silver Lynx <---------- Raising the Trajectory of Human Development --------------------------------------------- http://www.Silver-Lynx.com
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