Date: 06 Nov 2002 12:29:26 -0800 From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: mike <mike@labs.unixhideout.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: simple question Message-ID: <smznsmo315.nsm@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <200211060747.gA67likv053196@labs.unixhideout.com> References: <200211060747.gA67likv053196@labs.unixhideout.com>
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mike <mike@labs.unixhideout.com> writes:
> Hello all, The easiest way of going about this is giving you a example. I am in /usr and i want to tar -xzvf ports.tar.gz, but i want to continue working in my shell while this process runs in the background. What would i type to make the output of that command not show but at the end simply do let me know its finished? thanks guys
(Please format your messages better. 70-char width is nice.)
When using X, try:
xterm -iconic -hold -e sh -c "tar xzvf ports.tar.gz; echo '
*** tar is complete; iconified ***' | write $(whoami) $(tty)"&
or:
xterm -iconic -hold -e sh -c "tar xzvf ports.tar.gz; xmessage '
*** tar is complete; iconified ***'"&
(Unless you can remember that sort of thing, you'll want to rewrite it
as a script, allowing "ports.tar.gz", etc, to be script arguments.)
There's a way to run a command in another virtual terminal, but
I've forgotten it.
A better plan might be to learn "script"; it allows you to switch
between multiple shell sessions within one VT or xterm. You should be
able to use "write" or "xmessage" to get notice of your completed tar.
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