[ale] how do I - icon starts script starts 4 scripts

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Thanks (I think) dev null.  However, sometimes it's more efficient to just ask someone who knows rather than spend hours searching through results in Google.  There are some nuances to my question that make the answers non obvious.

Sincerely,

Ron



dev null zero two <dev.null.02 at gmail.com> wrote:

>http://lmgtfy.com/?q=bash+scripting&l=1
>
>
>On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
>atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> You'll be happy to know that I have now built one computer running
>only
>> Linux (Mint 13) for running Litecoin / Bitcoin mining.  There's no
>Windows
>> on it.  I'll also use this for some of my experimentation and
>learning
>> activities and maybe a vpn server or something.  That's down the
>road.  As
>> long as it does the things I need it to do, I won't install Windows. 
>Yea!
>>  No license fee.
>>
>> By the way, I'm back to the Gnome 2 interface (in the form of Mate)
>that I
>> grew to like with Ubuntu 10.04 before they abandoned me with Unity on
>> 11.10.  I have my MENU BUTTON back, my PANELS, and on them, my cpu
>usage
>> monitor, my cpu frequency monitor, my force close button, and - if I
>can
>> get the sensor to work - my temperature monitor.
>>
>> This question is not Litecoin / Bitcoin specific but is more related
>to
>> Linux with a mining slant to it.
>>
>> To start the mining process on any given graphics card, I need to
>open a
>> terminal window, go to the ~/cgminer directory, and issue one export
>> command to modify the environment.  Then I have to run a ./cgminer
>command
>> with a whole bunch of parameters.  The terminal window stays open
>while
>> mining and displays status information.  The command I run is unique
>to
>> each graphics card.
>>
>> Right now, I'm copying those commands from a text file into the
>terminal
>> window manually one by one and executing them.
>>
>> I want to put those commands in a script file called, say, MINER1. 
>So, if
>> I were to open a terminal and just type ./MINER1 and hit enter, all
>that
>> would happen automatically.
>>
>> So, my first question is how do I set up a basic script file with
>these
>> commands in it.  I can fill in all the details later.
>>
>> cd ~/cgminer
>> export .....
>> ./cgminer .....
>>
>> Also, how do I put comments in the file?
>>
>> Now, as I said, the command for each graphics card is unique.  So, I
>need
>> to set up a MINER2, MINER3, and MINER4 scripts, which are customized
>for
>> the individual graphics cards.
>>
>> Finally, I want to create a master script to start all the other 4.
>>  Here's the trick.  I want the master script to start each of the sub
>> scripts in its own window and continue executing commands in the
>master
>> script.  I don't want the master script to hang waiting for MINER1 to
>exit
>> before executing MINER2, and so forth.
>>
>> Let's say that the master script is called START-MINERS.
>>
>> Finally, I want to kick off the whole thing from one icon on the
>desktop
>> which triggers START-MINERS which triggers MINER1, 2, 3, and 4.  I
>don't
>> care if the master script has a terminal window left on the screen or
>not
>> when it's done.  However, when it's finished, there should be 4
>active
>> terminal windows on the screen mining on 4 separate graphics cards.
>>
>> Even better, I'd like the windows to automatically size themselves to
>a
>> certain size and stack up all in a column on the monitor.  Better
>still,
>> would be to have the whole thing auto start when booting.
>>
>> If you can help me with all or part of this puzzle, I'd greatly
>appreciate
>> it.  Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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Sent from my Android Acer A500 tablet with bluetooth keyboard and K-9 Mail.
Please excuse my potential brevity if I'm typing on the touch screen.

(PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to
call on the phone.  I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy
mailing lists and such.  I don't always see new email messages very quickly.)

Ron Frazier
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linuxdude AT techstarship.com
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