shell script launch two apps

webreake · 03-29-2006, 05:46 PM

hi
my problem is that i want to launch two apps at the same time just running a shell script
I did a script but only executes the first command(eclipse) and stops until i close it then the second command is executed(geronimo), but i want the two commands start at the same time.

How can i do this ?

gilead · 03-29-2006, 06:02 PM

You can start an application and put it into the background with the '&' symbol:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
eclipse &
gvim &

Does that do what you wanted to do?

webreake · 03-30-2006, 11:20 PM

yes thats exactly what i want
thanks
Do you know how to do the same thing but with a .bat file ?

chrism01 · 03-30-2006, 11:59 PM

Is this a Windows/DOS system?? If so, guess you could try installing Cygwin (Unix shell style env).

webreake · 04-01-2006, 07:29 PM

no,
i am using suse linux i was just curious