I'm not interested by the ping command, this was just an example. I want to launch osso-xterm with the command as parameter. Another example :-P osso-xterm -e "cat /etc/recolv.conf" Thanks. David. Acadia Secure Networks wrote: > David, > > right question, wrong choice of command. The ping command is not > support in the instantiation of busybox that is implemented in the > N800 OS. > > If, at the osso-xterm command prompt, you input the text "busybox" > (without the quotes) it will list the commands that are supported in > the N800 version. Ping is NOT one of those commands. You will notice > after doing so that there are some fairly obscure commands that are > supported so it does mystify me as to why Ping is not one of those. > > Here is the url to the www page to learn more about busybox itself: > > http://busybox.net/ > > Best Regards, > > > > John Holmblad > > > > Acadia Secure Networks > > > > David Hautbois wrote: >> Hi >> Does osso-xterm support command line parameters ? >> Like this : >> > osso-xterm -e "ping www.yahoo.fr" >> >> I don't find any documentation. >> All my tests failed. >> >> Thanks >> >> David. >> _______________________________________________ >> maemo-users mailing list >> maemo-users at maemo.org >> https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users >> >> >