Re: [OT] Bash Script won't work in fvwm menu.

On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 08:44:59AM -0500, Ayman Haidar wrote: > I think the problem is with the $HOME , since the script is run as > root, $HOME is for /root not the user home directory. hmmm, why is it run as root? I don't know too much about fvwm2 -- it's quite a long time since I last used it -

Re: [OT] Bash Script won't work in fvwm menu.

I think the problem is with the $HOME , since the script is run as root, $HOME is for /root not the user home directory. try to give it the absolute directory and see. or try to make the script owned by the user. good luck Ayman Once upon a time ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I've wr

[OT] Bash Script won't work in fvwm menu.

I've written the following script which works just fine at the command line (xterm) but doesn't work when I use it in .fvwm2rc in a menu - + "myNetscape" exec mynet Netscape starts just fine but the lock file and pid aren't killed. The permissions of /usr/local/bin/mynet - -rwxr-xr-x1 root