running a script on startup

I have a small script file I made so that I can restore my items on the Thunar sidebar everytime I startup. When I run it manually, it works fine. I restart Thunar and all my sidebar items are restored. However I can't find a way to run this script on startup. I tried putting it in the "Autostarted applications" using the xfce4-autostart-editor, and it doesn't work.

My script file is a single line (which I also tried to add to the Autostarted applications - also didn't work):
cp /home/user/.gtk-bookmarks.copy /home/user/.gtk-bookmarks

Can anyone help?

 

Put that single line in a file (I suggest you keep it in ~/bin) , all it fix.sh

Code:

#!/bin/bash
cp /home/user/.gtk-bookmarks.copy /home/user/.gtk-bookmarks

Now make it executable

Code:

chmod a+x ~/bin/fix.sh

And add fix.sh to your Autostarted application, use the full path

Code:

/home/user/bin/fix.sh

If it does not work, add a sleep

Code:

#!/bin/bash
sleep 5
cp /home/user/.gtk-bookmarks.copy /home/user/.gtk-bookmarks

 

THANKS!!! It was the sleep command that did it!

 

Glad it is working. If you have problems with it, increase the sleep to 10-15 seconds.

 

Thank you, yes, I did have to set the sleep to 8 for it to work.