Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 10:07:47 +0200 From: "Aggelidis Nikos" <aggelidis.news@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: open multiple xterms with script Message-ID: <30fc78250812020007h22ab0dc4if044e46b4f36b00c@mail.gmail.com>
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hi to all the list, i need some help... Is it possible to open four consoles as root(authenticate yourself once), in each one run a specific program and do this through a script? {bash or python). i want to open 4 xterms in the four corners of the screen. In 3 xterms i want to run specific applications needing root privileges and the last i want it for administrative purposes. what i have so far: sudo xterm -e "path/to/application1" & sudo xterm -e "path/to/application2" & sudo xterm -e "path/to/application3" & sudo xterm But this approach has the following problems: 1) i have only managed to get it to work as sudo not su 2) i haven't managed to position the 4 terminals correctly in the 4 corners of the screen 3) i want to be able to close and restart a single terminal.without running again the whole script (this i am not sure if it is even doable). For example if one of the applications hungs, then i want to be able to restart this application, without running the whole script again. thanks in advance for your help, nicolas
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