Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:10:02 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Status line for text mode console Message-ID: <20081030061002.GB97010@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20081030070459.11029e7b.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20081030070459.11029e7b.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 07:04:59AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > Some question, inspired by my mainframe time... > > Is there a port that allows FreeBSD to be equipped with some kind > of status line when using the shell on a text mode console? With > "status line" I mean some automagically updating text line that > informs about... date, time, terminal, actual system load, number > of users logged in or another status, for example like this: > > poly@pups:~/src/bla% _ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > poly@pups.host.com:ttyv2 (3) .:I <= => 2008-11-30 07:02:15 > > For example, the status line sits in line 25, line 24 contains > a barrier, and the shell runs on lines 1 - 23. > > Is there anything comparable? Or do I have to write my own? :-) Sounds like something screen(1) offers. See sysutils/screen. In general, this is really not something the *operating system* offers, or the shell. This is often the responsibility of a third-party program that manipulates the pty. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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