From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 19 16: 7:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26C2937B543 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2000 16:07:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e3JNZAs08208; Wed, 19 Apr 2000 16:35:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 16:35:10 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Gustavo Pamplona Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to display contents of a terminal into another one? Message-ID: <20000419163509.C1838@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <38F76409.60C3@uai.com.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <38F76409.60C3@uai.com.br>; from pamplona@uai.com.br on Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 03:31:56PM -0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Gustavo Pamplona [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." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message