Thank you for your help! some additional questions:
1) is there any way to give the root password once? i tried this: #!/bin/sh su root -c "\ xterm -geometry 80x25 -title 'App 1' -e 'app1' & xterm -geometry 80x25 -title 'App 2' -e 'app2'\ " but i get this: xterm Xt error: Can't open display: %s 2) > Not very elegant and tidy, but should work. You could add some > checking to the first script mentioned so it gets a clue which > application is *not* running and restart it when called, not > starting those that are running again (second session). > i don't think i need something so complex. Is there any way to instruct xterm not to close after the execution of the program? So basically the idea is open 4 terminals, execute a specific command inside them but if the command finishes or stops, the terminal stays {with a new prompt}. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"