Command line stuff from Kmenu

[Knapp]

On Jan 28, 2008 7:28 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> Knapp wrote:
> > My file is called /home/bin/slowcd.sh
> > These lines are in it:
> > #!/bin/bash
> > setcd -x 1
> >
> > name:Quiet DVD and I have an exclamation point in a star as the icon.
> > command: /home/bin/slowcd.sh
> >
> > checked enable launch feedback
> > checked run in terminal.
>
> Hmm, that looks a bit strange to me. In a previous mail you wrote your
> command was "~/slowcd.txt". I suppose you changed the command name and
> you made a directory "bin" due to suggestions in this thread. Where did
> you make that directory? Is it really in "/home"? If you made it in your
> home directory, the file would rather be "/home/douglas/bin/slowcd.sh"
> (if your login name is douglas). Please check with ls that you use the
> correct path for the script and that it is executable. It should look
> like this:
>
> ls -l /home/douglas/bin/slowcd.sh
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 douglas douglas 23 Jan 28 19:16 /home/douglas/bin/slowcd.sh
>
> Other than that, I would suggest you use the entire path for the setcd
> command, i.e. make your script like this:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> /usr/bin/setcd -x 1
>
> I think that might even work, if you use the command directly at the menu
> entry.
>
> If it still doesn't work, do you see any error message in the terminal
> which should pop up when you select the menu entry? If the terminal
> closes too fast, you could append a command like "sleep 20" at the end of
> your script. Then the terminal would stay opened for 20 seconds so you
> could see messages from the script.
>
> Nils
OK, I feel dumb now, but it is working. Guess that is what happens to
a mind when you have a 10 day old baby. LOL
I love that 20 second thing.
Thanks, I did forget my name!
Douglas