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When I create a GTKdialog script, I actually have the script open in Geany.
I have saved said script to a directory and open a terminal in that directory.
I then run the script from the terminal.
Errors are echoed back to the terminal when the script runs and if I see a problem, I exit the program/script , edit it in Geany, save it, and run again.
I did find one thing one has to watch for.
If a called external program run from the script needs some parameters,
look out for those that are also parameters for GTK.
As an example, when running mkdosfs -c -I /dev/sde
the -c is interpreted by GTK as it's own and is not passed to the external program. The same could be said for -f.

Also, in between versions of Puppy, paths to executables seem to have changed and some supporting programs seem to have been removed.

look out for those that are also parameters for GTK.
As an example, when running mkdosfs -c -I /dev/sde
the -c is interpreted by GTK as it's own and is not passed to the external program. The same could be said for -f.

Does it help if you surround the call with double quotes? Of course these need to be escaped with a back slash.

I always use a functions file, no such problems.

Cheers

Well, I had one external program that echoed it's name and version when It started. The version was being interpreted as a destination and I got an error showing the version with a file not found.
I got around this by putting the command with the options I wanted in a variable and running the variable.
For example:
CHKBOX1=mkdosfs -v -c -I
#Other variables are already set up with other parameters.
if condition_met
$CHKBOX1 $PARM1 $PARM2
else
Display message or do another call
fi

The variables are run as a command in their entirety.
But in my two Puppy test cases running the command in a terminal,
in Puppy 4.2.1, if you run #mkdosfs -c -v -I /dev/sde
You get a diskcheck before the format signified by the -c
In Puppy 4.3.1 the -c is ignored.
I assume this since you get feedback showing a diskcheck running in Puppy 4.2.1 and you do not in Puppy 4.3.1