Oolite Bulletins

Probably a more general Ubuntu/Linux question than oolite per se, but I thought I'd ask.

If I run Oolite from a command line from the terminal I can type this line:

/home/john/Oolite-dev/1.71-maintenance/oolite.app/oolite 2>> /home/john/Oolite-dev/1.71-maintenance/oolite.app/oolite_stderr.txt &

and it will run oolite and create the stderr file in the same directory as the oolite program.

However, I don't seem to be able to do this from the desktop icon - if I put the same line in on the "Command:" box under the "Launcher" tab for the icon properties no stderr file is created.

Clearly I'm doing something stupid, is there an easy fix?

TIA

DaddyH

If the question is still valid:

Try putting your command into a file named, for example, oolite-logged.sh. Make the file executable and use the desktop icon to launch it.

Didn't find a fix - so thanks for getting back to me - I will give your suggestion a try. Much appreciated.