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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.


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