Thanks, but "Ask Each Time" is already selected. Just to be clear, the problem is not that I do or don't want it to run in a terminal window - the problem is that it should be running in a terminal window but instead just times out displaying the hour-glass (with the error message on the console). On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 21:58 +0200, Mostafa Z. Afgani wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ian Puleston wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have FC4 test 2 installed on my PC, so this could be a bug in that, > > but I'd like to know if it's something that works OK in a stable release > > (note I couldn't install FC3 due to a couple of bugs that are fixed in > > FC4, hence the reason that I'm using the test release). > > > > What I'm trying to do is have a shell script executed by double-clicking > > the file icon in GNOME's Nautilus file browser. I have the following > > simple shell script named tst.sh and with "+x" attributes: > > > > #!/bin/sh -f > > echo Hello there > > read -p "Hit return: " tmpvar > > > > The default action for this file under Nautilus is "Open with Terminal", > > but when I double-click it or select "Open with Terminal" from its menu > > I just get a spinning hourglass for 30 seconds or so. If I then return > > to the main console screen (Ctrl-Alt-F1) I see the following warning was > > reported: > > > > Invalid argument: /home/ian/ZPT Test/Results/r1-GS-hv/tst.sh > > > > Ideas anyone? > > > > Ian > > > > > > > > Goto Edit -> Preferences in any nautilus window; On the Behavior tab, > select "Ask each time". > > Now, when you double click any executable file, you'll be given a > choice. Choose "Run in Terminal". > > - -M > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFCkORuuOU3CtaQcGQRAqwtAJsEQaCK+4165gT8lQQai38CJArZkgCfeuVS > dRpfGnQjFqQQVNHNNXfo2mo= > =sVMA > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
