Re: FVWM: init-function

From: Rainer Koehler <koehler_at_mpia-hd.mpg.de>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:18:11 +0100 (CET)

The first time in months I can answer a question here, and Dan is
quicker... ;-)

Dan Espen writes:

> Tobias Werth <sitowert_at_informatik.stud.uni-erlangen.de> writes:
>> Hi,
>>
>> in my .fvwm2rc I have inserted an Init Function as follows:
>>
>> AddToFunc InitFunction
>> + I Exec exec ssh-add < /dev/null
>> + I Exec exec $HOME/bin/email-notify
>>
>>
>> Both programs grab for the keyboard with ssh-askpass and one of it fails.
>> Can I give some option to the Init Function, so that the commands are process
>> ed sequentially?

> Exec exec sh -c 'ssh-add < /dev/null;$HOME/bin/email-notify'

Isn't it a bit overkill to let fvwm start a shell, just to exec sh?
I have something similar to

  Exec ssh-add < /dev/null;$HOME/bin/email-notify

in my .fvwmrc and it works perfectly (with different commands, but
still requiring execution in one shell).

By the way, I thought the double-exec was obsolete for years, but the
manpage of my fvwm still mentions it. So, what is the current status?

Rainer

PS: Tobias, the mail to you was meant for the list, sorry.

PPS: Dan, the mail for you was meant for the list, too. I should
     really look at the header more carefully...
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Received on Wed Dec 03 2003 - 12:21:18 GMT

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