[SWLUG] Starting aumix and grip togeteher (Mandrake 8.2)

[Telsa Gwynne]

On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 01:33:04PM +0000 or thereabouts, STEPHEN CONSTANTINOU wrote:
> I hope the last meeting in Swansea went well.  When I have finnished my
> exams in a few months I hope to attend more often.

I think it's Cardiff tonight.

> Now I want to start aumix (sound control) and grip (cd player) at the 
> same time: 

> #!/bin/sh 
> #
> # $HOME/cdplay.sh
> aumix
> /usr/bin/grip
> # end of script
> 
> I made it executable.  In Menu Drake I made a new entry.  To call 
> this shell script I typed "$HOME/cdplay.sh".

If you are in your home directory, ou probably only need "./cdplay.sh"

> Is what I want, to have both aumix and grip appear on screen at the same 
> time, not possible ?

Add an ampersand onto the end of the first command.

#!/bin/bash
aumix &
grip


(Or "grip &" followed by "aumix".)

Telsa