[oclug] Keeping a shell script open under KDE

[Patrick Smith]

Hugh Campbell wrote:
> Anyone know how to set up a KDE or XFCE button to open an xterm, run a
> shell script and then NOT immediately exit, but instead leave the xterm
> open waiting for further user input?
...
> I want the xterm to open up, run the script once to tell the user what
> parameters are required, and then wait for the user to rerun the script
> with the correct parameters.

Make a secondary script with this in it:

	#!/bin/sh
	/path/to/the/real/script
	exec /bin/bash

And then set the button to run the secondary script instead of the real 
one.  This way, /bin/bash will run in the same process as the secondary 
script, so xterm won't think the script has finished until the user 
exits from bash.