Have you ever used /path/script.sh + argvs ?

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I just created my own shell commands in cinelerraGG, such as:
-Shortcut to the cinelerraGG pdf manual
-Shortcut to the old cinelerraCV manual in pdf format
-The opening of a terminal
-Opening the gimp application

I noticed that there is an option run /path/script.sh + argvs that would be useful for me.
So I searched in the manual but I didnt find a very precise explanation and no example.

To do a test I created a little bash script that simply reads the first argument and adds it to the test.txt file.

I create the shortcut in cinelerra with the command bash ~/Private/fab_guide/fab_guide-nos_videos/test.sh and I check run /path/script + argvs

At runtime, cinelerraGG returns test: error exit status 32512.

How does this option work?

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@fary54

First of all, let me remind you that any shell commands that you set up are logged in $HOME/.bcast5/Cinelerra_rc where all of your setup variables are kept. So you may want to occasionally backup this file. It is kind of like your $HOME/.profile file for settings.

So the manual description you read is Menu Bar Shell Commands, I assume. And you can see information about RenderMux which I think you are using. For this case the important thing to understand is that this depends on CIN_RENDER being defined within your session. You got the error when you edited and checked the run box. What the RenderMux command runs is in wherever you installed Cinelerra at: ./doc/RenderMux.sh .

I too get the error and have to try to remember how this works and then will respond more intelligently, hopefully.

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@PhyllisSmith

Thank you for your prompt response.

Yes thats right. The manual page is https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/CinelerraGG_Manual/Menu_Bar_Shell_Commands.html. After reading it, I realized that there was an example that I hadnt seen before.

So I compared and found my mistake. I replaced the call command bash ~/Private/fab_guide/fab_guide-nos_videos/test.sh by ~/Private/fab_guide/fab_guide-nos_videos/test.sh and check /path/script + argvs.
Now the call of this little test script works

I can now try to create a script that will make a copy of the snaps but in a smaller size.