Ok - > -----Original Message----- > From: Benjamin Jeeves [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 4:32 AM > To: Beau E. Cox > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: How to Konsole > > > What I wanted to do was if say HELLO was found within a text file > the script > would open a xterm and display a message within that xterm say > like I have > found HELLO in name of text file. > > My script that I have do so far work but wanted to add a method > like that the > script runs as a server and I wanted it to inform me if it finds > a pattern > that I my looking for. >
OK - you have a perl script you will run in background on *nix and you want to pop up a message every now and then... Well... I tried a few things - like using system to start bash with a parameter if a script what outputs a message - and that didn't work. But I'm NOT a Linux/UNIX guru - maybe someone else can chip in. Some possibilities: * log it to a file; load the log in to a browser window - refresh to see messages. * start a simple server in an xterm and leave it running. In your main script, print to that server... the simple server then prints to its xterm, and you have your notification. * use sound - beep (or actually play a sound file) from you main script. That's it from me - good luck. Aloha => Beau; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]