Re: at based alarm.

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

On Tue 13 Feb 2018 at 08:47:56 (-0800), peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> Test the function.
> peter@computer:~$ wake
> Yes, it works .
> 
> Test the function with xterm.
> peter@computer:~$ xterm -e wake
> The xterm window opens and immediately closes.  A function 
> is not an acceptable option?
> 
> Try the alarm using the working script.
> peter@computer:~$ echo "xterm -display :0 -e ./wake" | at 6:30
> 
> The xterm window doesn't open but there is no error message 
> to the originating terminal or to syslog.
> 
> I need to understand why "xterm -display :0 -e ./wake" fails for at 
> but works interactively.

Because .bashrc wasn't called. This might work for a bash function:

xterm -display :0 -e bash -c  . .bashrc ; wake

Cheers,
David.