LeRoy DeVries wrote:

I am trying to find out how to develop a script that will run a cmd line like .bat in DOS. Were do I learn "how too"

Example is I need to change to a specified directory and then execute a cmd line in a shell window. Then I woiuld like to assign a icon to that .bat file so I can just click on it on my desktop.

Just like in the DOS world, you can write a list of intructions. The big difference, is that Linux does not require the ".bat" extension. You can call the file whatever you want' within the Linux file name limits. Instead, you make the script file executable, so that it can run. If you use the ls -l command, to show the file permissions, you'll see something like "-rwxrwxrwx" or "-rwxr-----" The permission are 3 sets of 3 bits for read, write and execute. The first set of bits apply to the file owner. The 2nd for a group and the 3rd for everyone else. So in the 1st example, everyone can read write and execute the file. In the 2d, the owner can do all that, but the group can only read the file. No one else has any rights to that file. If you want your script to run, you have to enable the appropriate "x" bits, for whomever you want to be able to run the script. These bits are set with the "chmod" command. man chmod for further info.

LeRoy DeVries wrote:

I am trying to find out how to develop a script that will run a cmd line like .bat in DOS. Were do I learn "how too"

Example is I need to change to a specified directory and then execute a cmd line in a shell window. Then I woiuld like to assign a icon to that .bat file so I can just click on it on my desktop.

Thanks

There are dozens of scripting languages available for Linux although the biggest might be Perl or Python. A fairly simple but powerful scripting language is included in your shell as well, which I'll assume to be Bash. Here's a nice article that might help. http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/06/11/144245 You could also try to google for bash script howtos. -- Donald Grayson Systems Administrator SportPaint, Inc.

In a previous message, LeRoy DeVries wrote:

Example is I need to change to a specified directory and then execute a cmd line in a shell window.

Dead easy - someone's already showed you how to do this. The only thing I'd add is that you create the file in any text editor (e.g. Kate), and that you'll need to ensure that the file is executable (Properties from the right-click menu on the file after creating it). You'll quickly find that the command line is far more powerful in linux than DOS.

Then I woiuld like to assign a icon to that .bat file so I can just click on it on my desktop.

Assuming that you're using KDE (the default desktop in SUSE linux), all you need to do is find the file you've created in Konqueror (the file browser) and drag it onto the desktop. Unfortunately, it's not possible AFAIK to give it a custom icon on the desktop - it will be the default icon for the filetype according to your current theme. HTH John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Valley of the Kings: ransack an ancient Egyptian tomb but beware of mummies!