From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 2 07:01:40 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 541691065672 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 2009 07:01:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C73798FC29 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 2009 07:01:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n3271Aij005581; Thu, 2 Apr 2009 09:01:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n32719l5005580; Thu, 2 Apr 2009 09:01:09 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 09:01:09 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200904020701.n32719l5005580@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, chowse@charter.net In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-questions User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:01:33 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: WinPopUp type messages from FreeBSD to Mac OS X X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, chowse@charter.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:01:40 -0000 Charles Howse wrote: > Anyone know of a command-line program that will pop-up a window on my > Mac with a message from FreeBSD? If you're running an X server on your Mac (Xorg, XFree86), then you can use the xmessage(1) tool, with the $DISPLAY variable set appropriately. It can even be used to create simple dialogs (Such as "OK" / "Cancel") that can be used from shell scripts. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "The scanf() function is a large and complex beast that often does something almost but not quite entirely unlike what you desired." -- Chris Torek