On 18 Aug 2002 07:22:14 +0000, Bruce M Beach wrote: > > On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > > > > I thought the ';' would work. > > > > Here you should remove "exec": > > Exec xterm &; xterm &; xterm & > > The last & is optional, but I would leave it for symmetry. > > > + "All" Exec xterm &; xterm & > > doesn't work. Nothing happens. If I remove the last xterm then an > xterm pops up as expected, as in > > + "All" Exec xterm & > > but if I add a semicolon > > + "All" Exec xterm &; > > then nothing happens
Funny, the following is incorrect in bash and ksh: % xterm &; xterm But this is correct in tcsh, zsh, ash and csh. If you put a command with & in parentheses it should work in all shells: Exec (xterm &); (xterm &); (xterm &) On the other hand, if you need a sequence, you don't need parentheses: Exec xterm; xterm; xterm Regards, Mikhael. -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
