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Date:      Wed, 19 Apr 2000 16:35:10 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Gustavo Pamplona <pamplona@uai.com.br>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to display contents of a terminal into another one?
Message-ID:  <20000419163509.C1838@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <38F76409.60C3@uai.com.br>; from pamplona@uai.com.br on Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 03:31:56PM -0300
References:  <38F76409.60C3@uai.com.br>

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* Gustavo Pamplona <pamplona@uai.com.br> [000419 14:35] wrote:
> Hi, guys
> 
> Is my first time in this list!!! I'm a brazillian guy 
> And my version of my FreeBSD is 3.2Release
> 
> I 'd like to know how to display the output screen of a terminal into
> another one ? Is it possible ? 
> 
> One example, I'm compiling a program into the first virtual console, and
> when I need call the X, so, I dont' want to put the compiling of the
> program in background, I decide to call the second virtual console,
> After this, I log on it and call X, and inside of X, I need to see what
> are happening in the compiling, so, instead of I press CTRL+ALT+F1, I
> simply call a X-Term and "I dont know" type some commands and the
> output screen of the first virtual console appears on the x-term.
> 
> I'm not referring to "xconsole".

You should look at the program called 'watch' that comes with freebsd
or possibly install the third party program /usr/ports/misc/screen
which allows you to have a "floating console" which you can detach
and re-attach inside other consoles.

--
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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