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On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 10:26 -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.
>
> 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.
man xterm. There *is* an option to keep the term open after executing a
program.
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Conrad J. Sabatier -- conrads@cox.net -- "In Unix veritas"