Can't detach thread from autorun

[Metasyntactical 0]

I'm attempting to auto run a program using .shrc that starts a separate detached thread.

If I run the program manually, the thread detaches properly. If I run it from .shrc on startup, it runs but does not detach. Thoughts?

Example:

local thread = require("thread");
local listenerService = thread.create(
  function()
    --Do Stuff--
  end
)
listenerService:detach()

 

 

[payonel 21]

.shrc is run as a list of shell commands, not lua code

when you are running the file directly, the shell interpreter is guessing it is lua code, even though the extension is not .lua

to accomplish what you want, store your lua code in a separate file, for example a file named test.lua, and in your .shrc write the line: ./test.lua (or just test)