Linux Batch (Script) File Issues

[arrmo]

Hi,

I have set up batch files under Linux, and I want to run them unattended at night (i.e. as cron jobs). If I am logged in to the console this works, using the following command,

export DISPLAY=:0 && FreeFileSync syncfile.ffs_batch

This works because FreeFileSync basically displays on the console then (display :0). However, if I am not logged in (it's a headless machine), then this fails, with the following message,

Error: Unable to initialize gtk, is DISPLAY set properly?

This is because there is no display :0 (I'm not logged in to the console). Is there a way to have FreeFileSync not try to initialize the GUI, but rather just run the batch job (sort of in the background, without the GUI)?

Thanks!

[Zenju]

FFS's GUI is implemented in terms of GTK. So the question is if it's generally possible to run a GTK application without being logged in.

[arrmo]

Hi,

I'm not sure that this works, but it does mean the batch files can't really be used to run unattended synchronizations ... :-(.

Thanks anyways.

[Zenju]

I'm just saying that if it's possible to run a GTK application unattended (what I don't know), then this approach should work for FFS, too. So I wouldn't expect it to be impossible in first place.