On Thu 15 Feb 2018 at 08:19:25 (-0800), pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > * From: Greg Wooledge wool...@eeg.ccf.org > * Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:01:42 -0500 > > xterm -display :0 -e bash -c '. ~/.bashrc; wake' > > You've lost me. That command is for a wake function rather than > script? ~/.bashrc is necessary to declare the function before it is > invoked? What is the period preceding ~/.bashrc? > > When that is invoked interactively, the xterm window opens and > immediately closes. No evidence of the wake function executing.
Write …bashrc ; wake ; sleep 5' and give yourself 5 seconds to read what it says in the xterm. Cheers, David.
