[RP] Re: how to run shell script

[Shawn Betts]

vincent hure <address@hidden> writes:

> I am a new user of ratpoison.
> Congratulation, I find the concept realy great.
> It's a new way to use computer, I can customise it as I want.
>
> But I have a little problem:
> I want to use it for a automate, who boot alone.
> So I initialise my session, with ~/.ratpoisonrc file.
> My softs start smothly, but one of them is a script shell file and this
> one don't work.
> I try different way, but nothing work:
> exec myprog
> exec bash myprog
> exec echo myprog | xterm&
> exec xterm <myprog&
> .......
>
> ofcourse if I use the keyboard in xterm : myprog, it's working
>
> if somebody know how to....

Hi Vincent,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I've also forwarded this
to the mailing list (I dont actually know if it made it there already).

you might try specifying myprog's full path:

exec /path/to/myprog

Let me know if you still haven't got it working.

-Shawn