[openbox] How To Terminate sh cmd from apps in menu.xml?

E R ears.box at gmail.com
Fri Oct 31 16:49:32 EDT 2014


Ok so this is good then?

<command>sh -c "exec hexchat > /dev/null 2>&1 &"</command>



On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 5:50 AM, Dana Jansens <danakj at orodu.net> wrote:
> exec makes the shell replace its own process with the command instead of
> running a sub-process, so ya what Mikael said.
>
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 3:15 AM, E R <ears.box at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Actually my bad, this does appear to work;
>>
>> <command>sh -c "icecat > /dev/null 2>&1 &"</command>
>>
>> So you're saying I should change it to this instead?
>>
>>
>> <command>sh -c "exec icecat > /dev/null 2>&1 &"</command>
>>
>> I've never known to put exec in a openbox menu.xml <command> before, hmm
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Mikael Magnusson <mikachu at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 7:12 AM, E R <ears.box at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I want to run some apps to /dev/null in menu.xml, so I have like this
>> >> example below;
>> >>
>> >> <command>sh -c "icecat > /dev/null 2>&1"</command>
>> >>
>> >> But if run the command like this I see in htop the application name
>> >> running and sh too.
>> >>
>> >> I forgot who it was just recently showed me how to stop sh from
>> >> running when using commands in the autostart.sh, but not sure how to
>> >> apply this to the menu.xml command.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> All I understand is that I need an ampersand & on the end of the
>> >> command, something like this?
>> >>
>> >> <command>sh -c "icecat > /dev/null 2>&1 &"</command>
>> >
>> > use sh -c "exec icecat ...
>> >
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