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using exec in a script; was "preloading a driver for an autostarted application in LXDE"



From:	Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:32:34 +0000 (UTC)
> ... script to be placed somewhere in the user's path
> such that it won't get clobbered by an official Debian package.
> /usr/local/bin is the place to be.

Right oh; this trivial script works.

peter@dalton:~$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/skype
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 67 Mar  9 18:26 /usr/local/bin/skype
peter@dalton:~$ cat /usr/local/bin/skype
#!/bin/sh
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype

I didn't succeed in using "exec ..." and the script process 
continues along with skype.  Is there a way to preload the 
module, start skype, terminate the script and leave skype 
running?

Thanks,                         ... Peter E.


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