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Old 05-21-2004, 02:37 AM   #1
sebastian manoj
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Activating one terminal from another


How we can run an executable file "xyz" in tty2 by running another programme "pqr" in tty1,whrere one of the argument of "pqr" is file name "xyz"
 
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Old 05-21-2004, 03:23 AM   #3
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in your first terminal, type
xterm -e xyz
this will lunch a new terminal and execute (-e) the command xyz inside it. I think all other terms have the same option. This is the case for gnome-term
 
  


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