Desktop Link to Ruby Program

Michael Satterwhite michael at weblore.com
Thu Mar 12 17:43:15 UTC 2009


A little foundation - which is probably irrelevant. I have a ruby program that 
I'd like to create a desktop link to (I'm running Hardy). I have a batch 
scrip to execute it with the following commands:

	cd /home/michael/magic/mp3_maker
	ruby MP3Form.rb

The script is named mp3_maker.sh and is stored in my /scripts directory. If I 
open a console and enter

	/scripts/mp3_maker.sh

the program opens and runs cleanly. I have a desktop link created that has 
this same command in it with the workpath of the directory containing the 
ruby program. If I click on this desktop link, it looks like it's trying to 
launch the program, then nothing happens. I don't know if there is a way to 
see what errors it's encountering (I don't see an updated entry in /var/log).

Can anyone offer any help on how to get this working?

Thanks much
---Michael




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