Hi Hilco, answers and suggestions inline.
Am 22.02.2012 03:03, schrieb Hilco Wijbenga: > Hi all, > > Every morning I start konsole, type "emerge --sync", and then go do > other stuff. Some time later I look at the output and usually run > "emerge ... world". I would like to automate that a bit more. Just a suggestion: Do you know the porticron script? Combined with a proper setup of ssmtp, it will sync you portage tree daily (in the background) and send you an email with all updates, and important security notes. > I can use kpart to start konsole on a particular desktop so that's > easy. What I can't seem to get working is the "$SHELL --login" + > "emerge --sync" part. > > If I run "konsole --noclose -e emerge --sync" then I get the output I > want but I don't get a prompt. If I run "konsole -e $SHELL --login" > then I get the prompt but, obviously, no emerge output. > > How can I combine these two? I would like konsole to run emerge --sync > and then leave a prompt open. Just like what would happen if I did it > all manually. Any ideas? I don't use konsole, but try out: konsole -e $SHELL -c "emerge --sync && $SHELL --login" > Cheers, > Hilco Regards, Felix
