From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 24 12:15:49 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 365DE16A4CE for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:15:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lakermmtao04.cox.net (lakermmtao04.cox.net [68.230.240.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1DF243D3F for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:15:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from dolphin.local.net ([68.11.30.24]) by lakermmtao04.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-117-20041022) with ESMTP id <20041124121547.ERYZ4706.lakermmtao04.cox.net@dolphin.local.net>; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 07:15:47 -0500 Received: from dolphin.local.net (localhost.local.net [127.0.0.1]) by dolphin.local.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id iAOCFl8r074070; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 06:15:47 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 06:15:42 -0600 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: Mark Jayson Alvarez Message-ID: <20041124061542.391fbadf@dolphin.local.net> In-Reply-To: <20041124092452.34756.qmail@web51603.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041124092452.34756.qmail@web51603.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12b (GTK+ 1.2.10; amd64-portbld-freebsd6.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: This is a cool shell prompt question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:15:49 -0000 On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:24:51 -0800 (PST), Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: > Good day! > I'm just wondrin if its possible for me to run > applications at boot time but on another terminal. I > find it cool to have a huge digital clock (grdc) > running on background so that I can just shift to > another terminal whenever I want to know the time. > Actually, all I really want is a clock that is > continuously ticking whatever I may be doing(in > terminal window). I've already learned how to set my > prompt to multiple lines and also displaying my > current working directory. But now, I want it even > more informative displaying a ticking digital clock in > my shell prompt like the one i'm seeing in my kde > system tray right now. > Is it possible?. Thanks. Depending on which shell you're using, I'd say yes, since just about anything is possible under Unix. :-) However, how to do this is not immediately obvious to me. Sorry. :-) Might be a good question for the comp.unix.shell newsgroup. Some serious shell gurus hanging out over there, and they always rise to a good challenge. :-) If you do find out anything, a followup here would be nice. Thanks! -- Conrad J. Sabatier -- "In Unix veritas"