From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 30 06:10:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43B2E1065670 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:10:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B4CE8FC2E for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:10:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.43]) by QMTA01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Yaqp1a0050vp7WLA1uA3TX; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:10:03 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id YuA21a0052P6wsM8RuA2A2; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:10:03 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=jjfRG4CO4CEFM3pBdckA:9 a=NV4y2dqlySPsli8r7ugA:7 a=f2CgSM9uJsDJcEUr_3ffJiQZ5ZYA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 86CD3C9419; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:10:02 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20081030061002.GB97010@icarus.home.lan> References: <20081030070459.11029e7b.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081030070459.11029e7b.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Status line for text mode console X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:10:04 -0000 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 |