Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:26:38 -0700 From: Don Wilde <Don@Silver-Lynx.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: shell programming challenge Message-ID: <41A615CE.6010405@Silver-Lynx.com>
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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. Another desirable thing would be to also be able to
'source in' a file of shell environment that would affect the new window
and shell.
Here's what I've found out so far:
Assume we have an executable test file 'ticktock':
#!/bin/sh
for n in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
do
echo "$n MYVAR=$MYVAR"
sleep 1
echo -n "continue? "
read reply
done
# end of ticktock
I want to do something like:
xterm -e bash <(echo ./ticktock) &
When I do this, the program works & interacts, but the xterm dies upon
completion of ticktock or INT. I also do not seem to be able to use the
--rcfile switch as a bash option, although I can add KEY=VALUE pairs
before the xterm launch.
Ideas? Please respond to me directly.
--
Don Wilde ---------> Silver Lynx <----------
Raising the Trajectory of Human Development
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http://www.Silver-Lynx.com
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