Re: FVWM: shutdown

From: Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 00:59:02 +0200

On Tue, Jun 08, 1999 at 09:48:28AM -0500, Joel Golden wrote:
> Ok.. I have a program that will let me log in as root and
> perform commands. Question is should this syntax work in the
> fvwm2rc.menus.m4 file as an Exec?
>
> Exec progx root shutdown -h now
>
> 'progx root shutdown -h now' works fine from the user prompt,
> but it does not from the .m4 file.

It should work. Does it help if you put the command line in a shell
script and call this instead (don't forget to make it executable)?
If not, try to start a FvwmConsole window (from your config file)
and type the command there. Do you get any error messages?

Bye

Dominik ^_^

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Received on Tue Jun 08 1999 - 18:02:46 BST

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