Re: "open" command ?

And of course in purest bad form...

I simply tried "up2date open" and lo and behold...

NAME
       open - start a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).

Never used this before, anyone care to comment on any advantages it may have ?

-Michael Carmody

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 06:01 pm, you wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> I'm currently trying to install a rather exotic piece of software to run
> redemption/loyalty cards called ARI.
>
> I seem to falling at the last step, probably due to my unfamiliarity with
> RedHat ES 4's little quirks.
>
> The startup script for the server side contains the following:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> open -c 8 -- /ari/code/bin/myebank
>
> but the system bombs out with:
> ./startmyebank: line 2: open: command not found
>
> I'v played with bash scripting for a few years but I'm not familiar with
> the "open" command outside of Perl File I/O...
>
> Anyone know what blasted RedHat RPM I have to up2date to make this script
> happy ?
>
> -Michael Carmody