Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:54:32 -0700 From: Don Wilde <Don@Silver-Lynx.com> To: J65nko BSD <j65nko@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shell programming challenge Message-ID: <41A62A68.8050201@Silver-Lynx.com> In-Reply-To: <19861fba0411251005265ecb91@mail.gmail.com> References: <41A615CE.6010405@Silver-Lynx.com> <19861fba0411251005265ecb91@mail.gmail.com>
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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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