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Hi there

I want to be able to place a script on my desktop and assign it an icon.

I am unsure as how I can make it executable as I need to get terminal to open and then run the script.

Can someone advise me how I can do this please?

your script should run the command something like

xterm -hold -e /root/Downloads/clearRAM.sh

the hold option keeps the terminal window open until you close it, useful if there is a error reported

Hi williwaw

Thanks for sharing the tip

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to run. After adding your line, I am clicking on the "OK" button to set it.

Sorry for being a pain

This is what I see when I run the script in terminal manually.

sorry, its late here.

your script command should run the command script something like

xterm -hold -e /root/Downloads/clearRAM.sh

where xterm is on the first line
and the argument -hold -e /root/Downloads/clearRAM.sh is on the second.

this presumes clearRAM.sh is executable, should you actually want it to run from your downloads folder.

I would be more inclined to have the xterm -hold -e inside the clearRAM script, and locate clearRAM.sh someplace rather than your downloads folder, perhaps someplace dedicated to your scripts?

just drag a relative link from clearRAM.sh to your desktop and just click on it when you want it to run it

@Jasper :-

/root/my-applications/bin is a good place to put personal scripts, etc. It's a non-standard location for any other Linux distro, but for Puppy it is actually in the $PATH.

Place your script there. Having done this, then drag'n'drop the script to the desktop. I'm busy ATM, but can advise about icons later on, if necessary.

Mike.

Thank you both for you suggestions.

I still could not get it to work. It's no big deal just a few extra clicks to action.