From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 2 23:42:31 2009 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 1DB3910656C5 for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 23:42:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3F638FC0A for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2009 23:42:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from flosoft.no-ip.biz (ool-435559b8.dyn.optonline.net [67.85.89.184]) by mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0KFW0099VKIT1570@mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:42:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from flosoft.no-ip.biz (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by flosoft.no-ip.biz (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n22NgQ9o000955; Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:42:28 -0500 Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:42:26 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" In-reply-to: <49AC5D7E.8040208@daleco.biz> To: Kevin Kinsey Message-id: <49AC6EE2.1050601@gmail.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <49ABA560.8050308@gmail.com> <64c038660903020908k285b3cbcr4dd810a51a94dcec@mail.gmail.com> <49AC5D7E.8040208@daleco.biz> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090228) Cc: freebsd general questions , Modulok Subject: Re: OT: what is the X11 equiv of /dev/null 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: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:42:32 -0000 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