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From: cpurvis3 on 1 May 2007 23:55 I can ... > exec dtterm -title "mytitle" -e "ls -la" but in doing so the new shell closes when the cmd is completed plus it closes the the calling shell! If I ... > eval dtterm -title "mytitle" -e "ls -la" , at least the calling shell doesn't close. Is there a way to keep the new shell open after the cmd is finished?
From: cpurvis3 on 2 May 2007 00:01 On May 1, 11:55 pm, cpurv...(a)csc.com wrote: Basically I want to be able to open term window (from my application) and execute some cmd. But, I want the term window to remain open so user can interact with it. [using ksh in solaris environment]
From: Barry Margolin on 2 May 2007 00:09 In article <1178078137.125204.13140(a)h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, cpurvis3(a)csc.com wrote: > I can ... > > exec dtterm -title "mytitle" -e "ls -la" > > but in doing so the new shell closes when the cmd is completed plus it > closes the the calling shell! > > If I ... > > eval dtterm -title "mytitle" -e "ls -la" , at least the calling shell > > doesn't close. > > Is there a way to keep the new shell open after the cmd is finished? dtterm -e "ls -la; read" will wait for the user to press Return before the window closes. If you want them to be dropped into an interactive shell, you could do: dtterm -e "ls -la; $SHELL" -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
From: Barry Margolin on 2 May 2007 00:16 In article <1178078508.306848.202260(a)y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, cpurvis3(a)csc.com wrote: > On May 1, 11:55 pm, cpurv...(a)csc.com wrote: > > Basically I want to be able to open term window (from my application) > and execute some cmd. But, I want the term window to remain open so > user can interact with it. > [using ksh in solaris environment] Doesn't the second solution I posted do that? -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
From: cpurvis3 on 2 May 2007 18:14
close ... I need to run with the following (insert the shell cmd after the "-e"): > dtterm -e ksh "ls -la;ksh" or ... > dtterm -e ksh "ls -la;read" |