script an application starter

English Programming/Scripting
#1

hi

I want to script a script to put it into the autostart.
It should enter a directory and open a programm like that


cd /home/user/Documents
./application

I am new with scripting anything and I don’t know which commands need to write.

#2

The script should start (very first line) with the “shebang” indicating which interpreter should handle the script. In your case this most probalby will be

#!/bin/bash

Do not forget to make the scriptfile executable:

chmod u+x <scriptfile>

That’s about all. Success!

#3

thank you

what does chmod u+x do?

#4

On 2009-02-24, STS301 <STS301@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
> what does chmod u+x do?

Set the eXecute-Bit for the User owning the file.
Read “man chmod” about that.

Kind regards,
Andreas Stieger