On Saturday, 03 September 2005, at 00:00:25 (+0200), Andreas Volz wrote: > why does exec a command and wait works with xterm: > > xterm -e "df; read -n 1" > > but fail with Eterm: > > Eterm -e "df; read -n 1" > > Eterm: Error: execvp() failed, cannot execute "df; read -n 1": No > such file or directory
Because xterm runs the command under a shell. For efficiency, Eterm does not. > What could I do to get it work? Eterm --pause -e df Or use something like Eterm -e /bin/sh -c "df ; read -n 1" Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "He died for me; I'll live for Him." -- DeGarmo and Key ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
