launching multiple apps with one command

hamsterdude · 09-13-2002, 10:49 AM

Whenever I log in I usually (but not always) open kmail, xmms and gkrellm but that's three different things to click! Is there anyway they can all be launched with one command?

peter_robb · 09-13-2002, 10:53 AM

KDE has an Autostart directory where you can place softlinks into. These start when you log in and get your KDE desktop.

Regards,
Peter

acid_kewpie · 09-13-2002, 11:05 AM

if it's always when you load X, and it's not using a lame window manager like KDE, you can add entries to your ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc files. alternatively make a seperate script file that you can run which loads them, just list each program, with a & after the name.

hamsterdude · 09-13-2002, 11:11 AM

that script sounds cool, thanks

acid_kewpie · 09-13-2002, 01:00 PM

or then again an even slimmer solution would be to use an alias:

alias runstuff='kmail & something & somethingelse &'