Hi,
* Robert Ian Smit [02-06-27 10:54:28 +0200] wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 12:13:04AM +0200, Michael Mauch wrote:
> > This cannot work. The redirection (">") is a shell feature, but
> > --command does not start a shell, it only spawns the executable given.
> > Try:
> > gnome-terminal --command='sh -c "echo foo >foo.txt"'
> > or
> > gnome-terminal --command='sh -c "locale >locale.txt"'
> Okay, my assumption that --command would execute within in a shell
> was wrong then.
Yes. gnome-terminal is a terminal emulator which is a kind
of shell itself. It runs until the master process within
exits. This process usually is your shell (if exit from your
shell then gnome-terminal will exit, too). By the switch you
can make gnome-terminal use another command instead of your
shell.
> I suppose that is a feature, not a bug?
Yes.
Cheers, Rocco
