Unstoppable

[sn0wflake]

Is it possible to write a script, that works with an "out-of-the-box" Knoppix 3.3 harddisk installation, that executes a program. Once the program is closed, the scripts restarts the program.
Can this script be made?

[sn0wflake]

PS: I'm not lazy. I just don't know what scripting language to use. Please initiate me

[abouzeis]

Simple, use c++
"
#include <iostream>

using name space std;

void main()
{
system("your program path goes here");
main();
}
"

this will run your program, after that quits it will run the main function and that will run the program and so on for ever.

[sn0wflake]

So all I do is create a text file, insert the code, and chmod it executable? Please don't smirk, I'm a newbie.

[dicej]

Since it's C++, you'll need to compile it first. Put it in a file called forever.cpp and run "g++ forever.cpp -o forever", and you will have an executable called "forever". Careful though - the "#include" line should read "#include <iostream>" (your web browser may think <iostream> is HTML). Oh, and no space between "name" and "space" in "namespace".

If you want to avoid C++, you can use the following bash script:

#!/bin/bash

function doStuff {
    # your code or program call goes here
    doStuff
}

doStuff

Type "man bash" in your shell to learn more about bash.

[sn0wflake]

Thank you all. I feel like a masochist because I hate ignorance

[sn0wflake]

Oh my, Bash resembles a mixture of Windows batch files and PHP. Smooth

[baldyeti]

Erhm, sorry but neither of the proposed solutions seem to match the original
requirement, which implies looping. C++ sure is overkill here, a simple shell
(bash) script will do:

while true
do
     # your program invocation here
done

[jeramy]

With that C++ program, I think it would generate a stack overflow error eventually since it's a recursive function. Possibly the first bash script, too (although I don't know enough about bash to tell you either way).

I'm curious to what program you plan on running.

You don't want it to run to the exclusion of all other programs, like a kiosk, do you?

[sn0wflake]

I'm very interested in an easy way to set up a kiosk. The program I wish to run recursively is rdesktop. It has to be recursive because logging out of Windows also quits rdesktop.