Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:42:26 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd general questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> Subject: Re: OT: what is the X11 equiv of /dev/null Message-ID: <49AC6EE2.1050601@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49AC5D7E.8040208@daleco.biz> References: <49ABA560.8050308@gmail.com> <64c038660903020908k285b3cbcr4dd810a51a94dcec@mail.gmail.com> <49AC5D7E.8040208@daleco.biz>
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Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Modulok wrote: >>>> I was thinking is there someway to direct a X11 app to target the >>>> X11 equiv of /dev/null ? >> >> ...what? What problem are you trying to solve, exactly? >> -Modulok- > > I'd have to assume he wants to call a remote X program from his terminal > and not have the program's output clutter it up. > > My usual workaround is: > > 1. "xterm &" in Terminal one. > 2. "appname &" in the new Xterm, then CTL-D. > > I also have a couple of buttons in XFCE that simply call > "ssh $somehost $someapp". I've no idea where it puts > the stderror/stdout, but I never see it. > > Kevin Kinsey Not quite what I want is to have it so no graphic (non-virtual) output is sent
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