How do you start Unix screen command with a command?

Question

According to the docs for the Unix \"screen\" command, you can configure it in .screenrc to start with a bunch of default screens, each running a command that you specify.

Answer 1

Your program is being run (well, except the cd), it's just that it's being run without a parent shell, so as soon as it completes, it exits and you're done.

You could do:

screen -t "autotest" 2 bash -c 'cd ~/project/contactdb ; autotest'

Spawns two shells, but life will probably go on.