linux - right click menu item to .sh file.

ok, so I have a .sh script that I want to run when doing a right click onto it. I've added a pointer to the .sh file ( which works fine when running in Terminal ), but doesn't seem to when I right click and hit the link in the menu.

I've tried a direct path like this...

/mnt/home/Documents/runStopFan.sh

and also

/mnt/home/Documents/./runStopFan.sh

neither seem to work.

 

Try adding 'sh' to the front of the command:

Code:

sh /mnt/home/Documents/runStopFan.sh

When you're running it in a terminal the shell you use knows to run it as a shell script, while your window manager needs to know to run the script with a shell.

 

thanks for the response, but that didn't seem to do it.

Funny because I can double click the icon that represents the script and it works fine that way.

 

Looking at the path, I think this could be a problem. /mnt is normally used when something (CD drive, USB key etc) is added to the system, but for some reason the file manager opens up with /mnt/home instead of /home/user ...

Try using /home/user/Documents/runStopFan.sh as the menu entry instead.

 

Nah. that didn't seem to work either. Only a double click on the icon works.

I tried the various of placing sh ahead as well.

 

Hmm, sorry my ideas didn't work. My next thought would be to check the permissions on the .sh file, and to change them to 755 if they're not already (rwxrwxr-x) (chmod 775 <filename>). After that I'm a bit stumped really.

 

Maybe you need to create a .desktop file that launches the script? That's how all the other menu items work.

Cheers.