Shortcut to terminal/bash script without 'instant close'

Question

I've created a desktop entry in ~/.local/share/applications. It looks similiar to the following:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Crontona Server
GenericName=CA Server
Comment=BDAF server for Crontona
Exec=bash "/usr/local/crontona/run.sh"
Icon=/usr/local/crontona/app.ico
Terminal=true
Type=Application

It show's up in the Unity launcher and everything, but whenever I click it, the terminal just pops up but instantly closes. I have no problems at all with using 'bash ./.....run.sh' but I've had no success through the menu. Any idea why it happens?

This is the content of the run.sh file:

#!/bin/bash
./corona_run -prot tcp +maxcon 16

Answer 1

Add the command read x as the last line in run.sh. This read will cause the command window to remain open until you press return. If any messages are displayed this gives time to read them.

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The read is the key. Here is a shell script (I prefer it to bash although bash is becoming as popular). BTW, the .sh at the end means shell script, not script. You could change your launcher Exec option to:

Exec="/usr/local/crontona/run.sh"

And use the following run.sh script...

#!/bin/sh
./corona_run -prot tcp +maxcon 16
echo -n Press enter to end...
read x
echo Ending Now\!

Notice I escaped the ! in the Ending Now. That last line is not needed unless you are running the script inside a terminal and want to have it echo execution. This way, if the terminal appears and the script is run inside the terminal, the script will not exit until you press enter so the terminal cannot close until you are ready.