Thank you. I already had it marked as executable and also had a link to it on my desktop so I can manually run it after each login.
I think I found instructions yesterday but had unrelated system problems. I will get back to it later today. On 06/25/2017 07:15 PM, Tom wrote: > In graphical file browser: > 1. navigate to your script and select it. > 2. make it executable in Properties - most likely by right clicking > on said script > 3. click or double click on your script should run it (depending on > your file browser) > On command line: > 1. cd yourScriptDirectory > 2. make the script executable by: chmod u+x yourScriptName > 3. Execute the script by: ./yourScriptName > How to write script to execute is another matter most likely for > Google/.... > Hope that this is what you were looking for, > Tomas > On Sun, 2017-06-25 at 01:10 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: >> Oops. Should have mentioned I'm using MATE desktop. >> Just glanced at man pages for Xsession and xinit. >> That should get me going in right direction. >> Will have to read carefully in morning when awake ;/ >> Thank you. >> >> >> >> On 06/25/2017 12:16 AM, Cryptomonkeys.org wrote: >>> Depends on whether its shell or graphical. If the former, something >>> like .cshrc, .bashrc (.login?), etc. >>> If graphical, probably depends on the environment, but I’ve done it >>> with .xsession in the past. >>> >>> >>>> On Jun 24, 2017, at 8:35 AM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> If it makes a difference, I'm using Debian Stretch. >>>> How do I launch a script which is stored in a sub-directory of >>>> the >>>> user's home directory? >>>> What should I have read? >>>> TIA >>>> _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
