Q: Queue It Up, Quickly And Quietly

[Armagon]

Greetings.

Here is a handy script that I wrote to make it convenient to start X applications from a terminal, which is really handy on the Zaurus, as well as being useful on a normal PC running X windows.

The script is as follows, and is attached:

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#!/bin/sh
#
# Queue it up, quickly and quietly
#
# Runs a program in the background and suppresses all output.
# Particularly useful for starting X applications from
# a terminal.
#
# Useage: q some-application some parameters
#     ex: q dillo myfile.html
#
# Written by Armagon, 2007-04-05
#
# You are welcome to use this however you see fit.

$* > /dev/null 2>&1 &
After downloading the attachment, you will want to install it (as root):

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cp q.txt /usr/bin/q
chmod +x /usr/bin/q

Cheers,
Armagon

[scheck.r]

Very handy, thanks a bunch !!!