Re: How to write to console

2003-04-05 Thread Sunil Sunder Raj
gt; To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How to write to console Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 08:29:19 -0600 Hello, I'd like to write to the "default" console of a -STABLE box. In this case, no one is logged in on that console/terminal. The commands write, talk, and wall mention writing to a te

Re: How to write to console

2003-04-04 Thread Jeff Shevlen
Thanks for your help Dan, we'll give that a try... On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 10:40:41AM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Apr 04), Jeff Shevlen said: > > I hate to add a variation on a thread before it's been solved, but is > > it possible to "jump into" a console from an outside proce

Re: How to write to console

2003-04-04 Thread Doug Poland
On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 06:49:42AM -0800, Ben Collver wrote: > Doug Poland wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >I'd like to write to the "default" console of a -STABLE box. In this > >case, no one is logged in on that console/terminal. > > > >The commands write, talk, and wall mention writing to a terminal

Re: How to write to console

2003-04-04 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Apr 04), Jeff Shevlen said: > I hate to add a variation on a thread before it's been solved, but is > it possible to "jump into" a console from an outside process? Lets > say you have a remote machine and you want to check in on a process > underway in ttyv0? Can you do it?

Re: How to write to console

2003-04-04 Thread Jeff Shevlen
Hi all, I hate to add a variation on a thread before it's been solved, but is it possible to "jump into" a console from an outside process? Lets say you have a remote machine and you want to check in on a process underway in ttyv0? Can you do it? (Not urgent, but a coworker and I were tryin

Re: How to write to console

2003-04-04 Thread Matthew Smith
Try redirecting to /dev/ttyv0, as in: echo "My Message" > /dev/ttyv0 -Matt On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 09:29, Doug Poland wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to write to the "default" console of a -STABLE box. In this > case, no one is logged in on that console/terminal. > > The commands write, talk, and

How to write to console

2003-04-04 Thread Doug Poland
Hello, I'd like to write to the "default" console of a -STABLE box. In this case, no one is logged in on that console/terminal. The commands write, talk, and wall mention writing to a terminal of a logged in user. Ideally, I'd like to clear the screen and display an 80x25 message. Does anyone