KDE desktop 'Link to application' /w parameters ?

[tfindlay]

Hi,

I'm trying to knock up some icons to do various tasks for me like starting/stopping some special services and stuff...

So I created a "Link to application" and under the command I put in "Myscript.sh start" I put in the correct path where Myscript.sh lives and it comes back:
Command 'Myscript.sh start' not found

I tried quoting the string, but no joy! ... Surely this should be pretty easy ? I dont want to end up with special start & stop scripts, I want to be able to handle all those functions in the one script.

Any ideas ?

[RedFedora]

Hmm, is the script file executable. That is, when you run it from
the command line, does it work?

What language is the script in? Does it use bash? tcsh? You might
try using:
/bin/bash /path/to/script start

I forget if you need quotes around the whole string or not.

[sailor]

when making links you have the option to "run in terminal"

[sailor]

when making links you have the option to "run in terminal"
for a script you would have to check that option.

[tfindlay]

Thanks folks,

I checked the permissions and they seem ok, I also ticked the "run in terminal" checkbox. I've since hacked up the shell script I'm trying to run (which was generated by the installation of the package) and found it DOES execute, but it seems the script loops back and calls itself like so:

$0 start2 &

This is the bit that doesnt seem to run
The full script looks something like:
#!/bin/sh
#
# Variables Used:
# $USER_MAGIC_FOLDER_2$ = /usr/local/appserver/config/Main
# $MYROOT$ = /usr/local/appserver/config
# $OMAPORT$ = 8561

DIR=/usr/local/appserver/config/Main/MyServer
MYCMD=/usr/local/appserver/config/myapp
PORT=8561
SERVERUSER=user

# Are we super user
if id | grep "^uid=0(" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
root=1
else
root=0
fi

# See how we were called

case "$1" in
start)
if [ -f $DIR/server.pid ]; then
pid=`cat $DIR/server.pid`
kill -0 $pid
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Server (pid $pid) is already running..."
exit 0
fi
rm $DIR/server.pid
fi
$0 start2 &
;;
start2)
cd $DIR/..
if [ $root -eq 1 ]; then
su - $SERVERUSER -c "cd $DIR/..; $MYCMD -log $DIR/logs/Server_%Y.%m.%d.log -noautoexec -memsize MAX -netencralg \"proprietary\" -pagesize MAX -linesize MAX -user $DIR/user -logparm \"rollover=auto open=replaceold write=immediate\" -noterminal -objectserver -objectserverparms \"cel=credentials protocol=bridge port=$PORT &
else
nohup $MYCMD -log $DIR/logs/Server_%Y.%m.%d.log -noautoexec -memsize MAX -netencralg "proprietary" -pagesize MAX -linesize MAX -sasuser $DIR/user -logparm "rollover=auto open=replaceold write=immediate" -noterminal 2>&1 &
fi
pid=$!
echo $pid > $DIR/server.pid
echo "Server (pid $pid) is running..."
# Trap signals 9 and 15 and pass on to child process
trap 'kill $pid' 2 3 15
wait $!
rm "$DIR/server.pid"
echo "Server is stopped"
;;
stop)
if [ -f $DIR/server.pid ]; then
kill `cat $DIR/server.pid`
else
echo "Server is stopped"
exit 1
fi
;;
status)
if [ -f $DIR/server.pid ]; then
pid=`cat $DIR/server.pid`
kill -0 $pid
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Server (pid $pid) is running..."
fi
else
echo "Server is stopped"
fi
;;
restart)
$0 stop
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
sleep 5
$0 start
fi
;;
*)
echo "Usage Server {start|stop|status|restart}"
exit 1
esac

Any idea why this line doesnt work ? if I remove the & it seems to start ok, but the child process then holds the parent up.