Create Menu Item to run sh file

Trainee

Wednesday, November 5th 2003, 4:33pm

I have a file, called start.sh, which contains one line to start an application:
java -jar foo.jar

This file is located in /usr/local/Foo
In a terminal window, if I cd to /usr/local/Foo and type:
./start.sh
then the application starts, no problem

So now I want to create a Menu Item that runs this file, so I can start the application from the Menu.

When i created the new menu item, in the command text box, I navigated to the file, so that this appears:
/usr/local/argoUML/start.sh
but this does not work
What do I need to do?

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seb

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Thursday, November 6th 2003, 9:39am

Admittingly i have not tried this so no guarantees.

Right click on the kde menu button, and select menu-editor. Im not sure but i think this may be only mandrake.

Click new item
Type in the name, and type in the command. make sure you have the full path the the command.

With your problem, you seem to have selected

[code:1]/usr/local/argoUML/start.sh [/code:1]

should it not be

[code:1]/usr/local/Foo/start.sh [/code:1]

????

hth

Seb

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anda_skoa

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Thursday, November 6th 2003, 1:38pm

Does it work from commandline if you use the full path while being in your home directory, i.e. witout cd'ing into the program directory first?

Cheers,
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allelopath

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Thursday, November 6th 2003, 2:46pm

seb:
I made a mistake when i posted the problem.
The file is really located in /usr/local/argoUML/, not usr/local/Foo
I was just trying to make the problem more generic because i think that the fact that it is this particular application is irrelevant. So your reply was correct, but my post was wrong.

So to state it correctly, This file is located in /usr/local/argoUML
In a terminal window, if I cd to /usr/local/argoUML and type:
./start.sh
then the application starts, no problem when i created the new menu item, in the command text box, I navigated to the file, so that this appears:
/usr/local/argoUML/start.sh
but this does not work

anda_skoa:
no it doesn't. good point. here are the results from trying it from the top:

# /usr/local/argoUML/start.sh
Exception in thread "main" java.util.zip.ZipException: No such file or directory
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:112)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:127)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:65)
# /usr/local/argoUML/.start.sh
bash: /usr/local/argoUML/.start.sh: No such file or directory
# ./usr/local/argoUML/start.sh
bash: ./usr/local/argoUML/start.sh: No such file or directory

So, i guess i need to find the right syntax for the command when not in the same directory as the start.sh file

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cmbofh

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Thursday, November 6th 2003, 3:06pm

Quoted

Original von allelopath

anda_skoa:
no it doesn't. good point. here are the results from trying it from the top:

# /usr/local/argoUML/start.sh
Exception in thread "main" java.util.zip.ZipException: No such file or directory
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:112)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:127)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:65)
# /usr/local/argoUML/.start.sh
bash: /usr/local/argoUML/.start.sh: No such file or directory
# ./usr/local/argoUML/start.sh
bash: ./usr/local/argoUML/start.sh: No such file or directory

So, i guess i need to find the right syntax for the command when not in the same directory as the start.sh file

Have you tried setting the working directory in the menu entry
to /usr/local/argoUML ?

BTW: There is an extended version of argoUML from Gentleware
called Poseidon. They offer a community edition free of charge...

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allelopath

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Thursday, November 6th 2003, 4:25pm

cmbofh:
yes, i did, no dice.
thanks for the tip on Poseidon, i'll look into it.

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allelopath

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Thursday, November 6th 2003, 4:41pm

sometimes, i'm not very smart, but eventually the answer comes.

the answer is to put "java -jar /usr/local/argoUML/argouml.jar "
in the menu item command.

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seb

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Thursday, November 6th 2003, 9:19pm

Try setting the $PATH to include /usr/local/argoUML/.
Conversely you could try and put the script file in /usr/bin
and see if it works if you run "sh start.sh"

Good luck
seb

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