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



On 2011-03-10, peasthope@shaw.ca <peasthope@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 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?

This should do it:

	#!/bin/sh
	export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
	exec /usr/bin/skype

-- 
Liam O'Toole
Cork, Ireland


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