OT: command-line launch firefox problem

[joe at actionline.com]

Thanks again ET.
You're a genius! ;)


> # Cut'n paste the 4 lines below:
>
> mkdir ~/bin/
> echo "#! $(which bash)"|sed -e 's/ //g' > ~/bin/ff
> echo 'nohup firefox >/dev/null 2>&1 &' >> ~/bin/ff
> chmod 755 ~/bin/ff
>
> #Then:
> . .bashrc
> ff
>
> # Enjoy...   :)
> # ET
>
>
> joe at actionline.com writes:
>
>> ET wrote:
>>> You can't 'correct' problems, developers would have to do that.
>>> But you can hide them:
>>> firefox >/dev/null 2>&1 &
>>
>> Thanks ET ...
>>
>> So, I tried this:
>>
>> firefox test.htm >/dev/null 2>&1 &
>>
>> And that seemed to mask the problem,
>> although I still wonder if there might
>> be some way to further address the problem.
>>
>> Also, I wonder if there is a way to make
>> a script named 'ff' so I could just do:
>>
>> ff test.htm
>>
>> to get that same /dev/null result?
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>>
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