[SOLVED] bash and xterm: how make apps started by and for a script persist when script terminates

porphyry5 · 06-15-2011, 01:12 PM

I issue the command

Code:

 xterm -title ScriptTesting -e bash /home/g/Scripts/rt.sh &

rt.sh contains

Code:

#!/bin/bash

sleep 2
cd /home/g/Scripts
jedit &
rxvt -e lynx http://www.google.com &
sleep 10

When rt.sh terminates, lynx, jedit and xterm "ScriptTesting" all terminate as well. How can I keep them open?

colucix · 06-15-2011, 01:16 PM

Try the option -hold of xterm.

porphyry5 · 06-15-2011, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colucix

Try the option -hold of xterm.

Already tried that, the xterm stays open but has no prompt, and the only thing I can do with it is close it down.

colucix · 06-15-2011, 01:22 PM

What if you start a shell session after the script execution?

Code:

xterm -hold -title ScriptTesting -e "bash /home/g/Scripts/rt.sh && /bin/bash"

porphyry5 · 06-15-2011, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colucix

What if you start a shell session after the script execution?

Code:

xterm -hold -title ScriptTesting -e "bash /home/g/Scripts/rt.sh && /bin/bash"

Thank you, that made all the difference, all three now persist, and I have a prompt in the xterm.