I tried that. After I did it, when you dbl click on the file, you see a screen flash by very quickly and then it disappears. I looked at the running processes and rdesktop is not running a running process (I'm from the Windows world and what I just typed may be barking up the wrong tree...I just took a SWAG and assumed if it was running t=in the background I would still see rdesktop running but Linux may not work that way). Arch -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mikkel L. Ellertson Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:21 PM To: For users of Fedora Subject: Re: How to make a batch file to start program and close the oldwindow? Arch Willingham wrote: > I made a Linux (FC7) batch file that starts a terminal server > session. The batch file (called termserv.sh) contains these lines: > > ------------------ > #!/bin/bash > ####### > rdesktop -P -f -u billybob our.computer.com -r printer:"printer4=HP Officejet 5600 series" > ------------------ > > The kicker is is that the black terminal window stays open. Is > there some command in the batch file that, in essence, just > starts/runs the other process and then lets the back box close? > > Thanks! > > Arch > I suspect that the shell is waiting for the rdesktop command to exit. You can try putting a & at the end of hte command and see if that does what you are after. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
