[GTALUG] Command doesn't work in script but works on command line?

[Jim Ruxton]

I'm not sure I am clear here what you want me to try. I tried putting 
the command in a function in the script as below but it still didn't work.

On 2021-11-06 9:20 a.m., Dave Collier-Brown via talk wrote:
>
> Does it perhaps only apply in the process that issues the command?  
> That would make it apply when run from the command-line, and (appear 
> to) fail when you run it in a subshell, which is what happens when you 
> call a script.
>
> The man page doesn't say, so try making it a shell function,
>
> alsa_me() {
>      alsa_out -j secondInterface -d hw:3 -c 6
> }
>
> and then call that from the command-line.
>
The thing is I want to avoid using the command line. I want a user to 
just double click the file to run it.
Jim
>
>
> On 2021-11-06 08:44, Jim Ruxton via talk wrote:
>> Ok, just added the path /usr/bin to the command but it didn't help. 
>> Still a mystery?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On 2021-11-06 8:37 a.m., James Knott via talk wrote:
>>> On 2021-11-06 8:25 a.m., Jim Ruxton via talk wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm having trouble with a simple script. It adds a second 
>>>> sounccard. This command works on the command line but not in a 
>>>> script. Any ideas why?
>>>
>>> Did you specify the full path to the command in the script?
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