Re: Auto Run a process in a Terminal Window

[Wayne Vosberg <wlv mindtunnel com>]

just do 'xterm -e <program>'.  Note that the xterm will die when <program> exits.

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:09:55 -0500
James Pifer <jamesredhatlist tnjinfl com> wrote:

> I've posted to VNC's list for some help with this, but after two weeks two 
> posts still no responses. I'm hoping someone on this list can help.
> 
> On a Redhat 7 machine I start a VNC session from rc.local with the following:
> 
> vnc_users="root"
> disp=1
> for user in $vnc_users
> do
>      echo -e "Starting VNC server for $user (display no. :$disp)...\c"
>      vncstart="/usr/bin/vncserver :$disp -depth 16 -geometry 800x600 -name 
> Display1"
>      vnc_cmd="su -l $user -c \"$vncstart\" >/dev/null"
> 
>      if eval $vnc_cmd; then
>          echo "DONE"
>      else
>          echo "***VNC FAILED***"
>      fi
> 
>      # Run xterm on the vnc session on Linux
>      su -l $user -c "DISPLAY=:$disp xterm &"
> 
>      disp=$(( $disp + 1 ))
> done
> 
> I can add another xterm, but I'd also like to run something in that xterm 
> window. For example, start the xterm window and load /usr/stoneware/relay.sh.
> 
> Is this possible?
> 
> Thanks,
> James
> 
> 
> 
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