On Tue 13 Feb 2018 at 08:47:56 (-0800), pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Test the function. > peter@computer:~$ wake > Yes, it works . > > Test the function with xterm. > peter@computer:~$ xterm -e wake > The xterm window opens and immediately closes. A function > is not an acceptable option? > > Try the alarm using the working script. > peter@computer:~$ echo "xterm -display :0 -e ./wake" | at 6:30 > > The xterm window doesn't open but there is no error message > to the originating terminal or to syslog. > > I need to understand why "xterm -display :0 -e ./wake" fails for at > but works interactively.
Because .bashrc wasn't called. This might work for a bash function: xterm -display :0 -e bash -c . .bashrc ; wake Cheers, David.
