Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:00:01 -0600 From: Adam Fabian <afabian@austin.rr.com> To: Don Wilde <Don@Silver-Lynx.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shell programming challenge Message-ID: <20041125180001.GB1299@turingmachine.mentalsiege.net> In-Reply-To: <41A615CE.6010405@Silver-Lynx.com> References: <41A615CE.6010405@Silver-Lynx.com>
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On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 10:26:38AM -0700, Don Wilde 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. 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. bash --rc-file \ file_that_contains_the_environment_i_want_and_the_command_i_want_to_run If you mean that you want the xterm to continue running the same instance of bash. I don't think xterms run without the benefit of a program to emulate a terminal for. -- Adam Fabian (afabian@austin.rr.com)
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