Ubuntu For Free » Scripting http://www.forwardyouth.com/ubuntu A blog covering the Ubuntu Linux distro for you and your wallet. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:01:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 How To Add Programs To Your Startup In KDE http://www.forwardyouth.com/ubuntu/how-to-add-programs-to-your-startup-in-kde/ http://www.forwardyouth.com/ubuntu/how-to-add-programs-to-your-startup-in-kde/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:22:19 +0000 admin http://www.forwardyouth.com/ubuntu/?p=109 I discovered the best way for me to mount my ssh shares via sshfs automatically when I log in. I add shares and folders from time to time, and I also wanted this technology to automatically be backed up for me, so I wanted the solution to lie inside my home folder. I did some research and learned that KDE has an Autostart folder. For KDE 3.x this is currently at ~/.kde/Autostart, and for KDE4 it is ~/.kde4 (which will eventually drop the 4). I’m already hosting my scripts in ~/bin, so I created a script in that folder to execute sshfs and create the mounts. I then created a link by right-dragging the icon in Konqueror from the ~/bin/ folder to ~/.kde/Autostart. This will work for any executable or script. Now my sshfs mounts automatically at login.

Google Buzz]]> http://www.forwardyouth.com/ubuntu/how-to-add-programs-to-your-startup-in-kde/feed/ 0 My Useful In Folder Script http://www.forwardyouth.com/ubuntu/my-useful-in-folder-script/ http://www.forwardyouth.com/ubuntu/my-useful-in-folder-script/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:55:25 +0000 admin http://www.forwardyouth.com/ubuntu/my-useful-in-folder-script/ Having been a long time user of 4DOS in my pre-win95 days, I had developed some batch files and/or aliases that I were quite handy in that environment. Switching to another operating system that’s more flexible with the command line, I’ve re-implemented some of those batch files and aliases. Here’s one of my favorites, and while it’s pretty simple, I use it all the time. It switches to a folder using the pushd command, executes your chosen command, and then uses popd to switch back to the original folder. It has no error checking of it’s own and it has no instructions. I did it in this fashion to keep it as light and quick as possible.

#!/bin/bash
## In Folder script by Joshua Kersey
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pushd "$1"
"$2"
popd

Let me know if you’ve got any suggestions for improvement.

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