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BFG

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Registered: 2018-06-06

Posts: 29

Batch script to deploy entries to autostart

All the advice on adding entries to autostart do so from a GUI perspective. What I'm looking for is a way to make the same from the command line, which will then be added to a batch script for deploying setups to new users.

E.g. (not my actual use case, but a good example):
Name: Transmission
Command: /usr/bin/transmission-gtk -m
Comment: Torrent client

Searching hasn't helped, as all the results are about how to add a batch script into autostart so it runs on login.

alcornoqui

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Registered: 2014-07-28

Posts: 832

Re: Batch script to deploy entries to autostart

You create a Transmission.desktop file either in /etc/xdg/autostart (for all users) or ~/.config/autostart (just that user), with the appropiate parameters (many of them optional), more or less like this:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Transmission
Comment=Torrent client
Exec=/usr/bin/transmission-gtk -m
OnlyShowIn=XFCE;
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Hidden=false

Hope it helps, tell us how it goes!

BFG

Member

Registered: 2018-06-06

Posts: 29

Re: Batch script to deploy entries to autostart

Excellent - just what I needed, thanks