command line options -cmd and -load appear to be mutually exclusive?

kyle0r - Tue 25/09/2012 22:28:55 CEST +0200

Hi there, first up, KiTTY is awesome, thanks for making and maintaining it.

the -cmd is a great feature in KiTTY, I have a question tho, if I use the following command line, things work as expected:

-cygterm -cmd "echo 123" -

If I use the following, the -load works but -cmd appears to then be ignored?

-load "session1" -cmd 123

What is the expected behaviour here?

Thanks

Cyd - Wed 26/09/2012 08:30:04 CEST +0200

Normal
With -load you use the settings of a saved session.
In each saved session there already is an autocommand.

steffen - Thu 01/11/2012 10:46:09 CET +0100

Had the same issue today: I need to load a specific session and send an initialization command (that's generated by another application). I don't think it's normal, since currently there's no use for specifying -cmd option in combination with -load. How's the interpretation? "um... user tries to send a command in combination with --load.. mmh, he must have forgotten, that the saved session already contains a command!".

Jon Drews - Sat 03/11/2012 17:17:30 CET +0100

Just wanted to second this issue. Here's how I see this working:

-cmd should take precedence over the autocommand located in the -load session. -cmd should run even if the -load session has a blank autocommand.

Scenario:
kitty.exe -ssh -P 22 -load "Default Settings" -pass mypass -cmd ifconfig -l myuser 10.0.0.1

ifconfig should be run, regardless of what autocommand is specified in "Default Settings".
Note that currently, ifconfig will not run even if "Default Settings" has a blank autocommand.

Thanks so much for making a great product!

Jon Drews - Sat 03/11/2012 17:25:13 CET +0100

Here is my reason for running -load with -cmd. I want to set up a bunch of defaults in a session (i.e. X11 forwarding, window scrollback lines, terminal colors, etc) but the autocommand I want to run will change depending on what I need.

To be more specific, I use kitty with SuperPutty. I've configured defaults within a kitty session that I want to use. I have separate connections (aka shortcuts) that, when run, tail different log files via a -cmd.

Does this explain why I'm asking to use -load and -cmd? Feel free to write back if something is not clear. Thanks!

steffen - Mon 05/11/2012 09:55:41 CET +0100

Here's mine:
I'm developing software on a remote network share. I use an Eclipse plugin that lets me open a shell (kitty) opening in paths of remote source code files. The command for opening a shell connection would look like ?kitty -load myserver -cmd "cd $path"? or in windows something like
?kitty -load myserver -cmd "cd $(echo $path | sed 's-\(.:\\|\\)-/-g')"?

Thanks to the developers of kitty who make scenarios like this possible!

Jon Drews - Sat 10/11/2012 03:20:11 CET +0100

Update: I'm able to confirm that "Default Settings" gets loaded by default when you don't specify -load, on kitty_portable.exe. For now this will suffice for my purposes. I can set the needed default settings, and then run a -pass and -cmd for my password and auto command per connection I set up.

Xirad - Sat 22/12/2012 11:39:09 CET +0100

First - thanks for greate tool :)

I am next user, which would like to use -cmd parameter, which will overwrite "autocommand". It will be very helpfull :)

Best regards,
Xirad

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