How to find out the command line of a program?

[171742]

Hello,

I would like to set a program up as autostart, namely overdrive. But I need the terminal command line. I only know how to start it from the dashboard, how to find out the line?

Thanks!

[whitesmith]

For Gnome DT under 14.04: Applications->System Tools->Preferences->Startup Applications. A cron job could be setup on the terminal if this doesn't work for you. BTW you should always specify your release and version, preferably so that it reads under your bean count like mine. Knowing something of your configuration helps us work with you.

[Habitual]

terminal >

whereis overdrive

[tgalati4]

Many programs are in /usr/bin:

which overdrive

[vasa1]

Does "overdrive" need Wine?

[whitesmith]

@Habitual:
@tgalati4:

I think we read the OP's question differently. He states, "I would like to set a program up as autostart..." I interpret that to mean he wants an installed program to run automatically when the OS starts. I don't think he wants to find out where the program lives. But of course his posting is hardly an exemplar of clarity, so perhaps I am wrong.

@vasa1:

If it does, we're all wrong!

[vasa1]

...
@vasa1:

If it does, we're all wrong!

I didn't know of a program called "overdrive" and the top few Google hits involved Wine. So I asked. I don't know whether programs run through Wine would be in /usr/bin. I'm sure OP will clarify unless ...

[whitesmith]

@vasa1: Good call! You were the only one who thought he might be talking about a Windows program. I wasn't even thinking of that. But now I'll stop cluttering up the thread with personal opinion and speculation.

[llamabr]

Overdrive will not run in linux. It is a drm to manage things like library books, and audible downloads, adobe epub books, and things. It appears that it may work with wine:

http://blogs.overdrive.com/devices/2...r-linux-users/

But wine is rarely the correct solution. Try buying products from a company that respects open source software, and if you like that company, call them and tell them that they're neglecting a large constituent of clients.

[171742]

Hello,

sorry, I misspelled: its overgrive. Furthermore I have got ubuntu 14.4lts. It does not need wine. I know where the startup window is, but my question is what the command is that has to be typed in the second column of the sartup window to make a program run at startup. Just writing overgrive does not workl. But he solutions do not work as well :

o@o-HP-Compaq-6910p-KL536AV:~$ which overgrive
o@o-HP-Compaq-6910p-KL536AV:~$ what overgrive
No command 'what' found, did you mean:
Command 'wcat' from package 'sac' (universe)
Command 'chat' from package 'ppp' (main)
Command 'jhat' from package 'openjdk-6-jdk' (universe)
Command 'jhat' from package 'openjdk-7-jdk' (main)
what: command not found
o@o-HP-Compaq-6910p-KL536AV:~$ whereis overgrive
overgrive:
o@o-HP-Compaq-6910p-KL536AV:~$



Any other ideas?