Re: Gtk with shellscript

2006-02-05 Thread Colossus
Sandeep KS wrote: How can i make the shellscript to get executed in the backend and at the same time continue with the frontend work? Look at the source code of xarchive: it does just what you need: http://xarchive.sourceforge.net -- Colossus Xarchiver, a GTK2 only archive manager -

Gtk with shellscript

2006-02-04 Thread Sandeep KS
Hello, I have a problem with combining gtk with shell scripts. I have a shellscript which performs some function and at the same time i need to continue with the gtk (frontend). But i can continue only after the shellscript finishes execution. I have used execlp to call the shellscript.

Re: Gtk with shellscript

2006-02-04 Thread Matt Hull
not sure what you are doing with the script. does it need to return to gtk? might be able to fork the process or use a thread. matt On Sat, 4 Feb 2006, Sandeep KS wrote: Hello, I have a problem with combining gtk with shell scripts. I have a shellscript which performs some function