Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 08:27:59 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ping from fvwm2 menu Message-ID: <19981122082759.G1005@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199811212122.QAA10367@laker.net>; from Steve Friedrich on Sat, Nov 21, 1998 at 04:20:03PM -0500 References: <199811212122.QAA10367@laker.net>
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On Saturday, 21 November 1998 at 16:20:03 -0500, Steve Friedrich wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Nov 1998 19:52:41 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
>
>> Why not write a script which does it the ping and then pauses until
>> you press Enter? Something like:
>>
>>> "ping dukkha" Exec xterm -n "dukkha" -T "ping dukkha" -e myping
>>
>> myping would then be:
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> ping -c 5 dukkha
>> read confirmation
>
> And "read confirmation can be as simple as:
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> main()
> {
> getchar();
> }
>
> You can compile it with:
> cc pause.c -o pause
>
> and then place pause somewhere along the path. I add
> /usr/local/friedrich to the path, to keep my stuff seperate from
> /usr/local (which isn't at all local...)
>
> So Greg's script becomes:
> ping -c 5 dukkha
> pause
Well, no, I meant 'read confirmation' literally. It can be as simple
as those two words.
Greg
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