Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 17:17:47 -0500 (EST) From: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> To: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Starting program on specific virtual console Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903031714550.79044-100000@foobar.hyperhost.net> In-Reply-To: <199903032104.PAA29467@iaces.com>
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jeez man, I knew that! what was I thinking. On a similar note, is there a way to do the same from a script after boot? Like a script that works like `man` but runs man on another tty? That way you can read a man page while using the program without loging in twice. Thanks! ------------------------------------ _____________________________________ Patrick Seal |"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make <patseal@hyperhost.net> | really crappy operating systems." Hyperhost - http://www.hyperhost.net| -Linus Torvalds hosting and Design http://www.freebsd.org - http://www.linux.org On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Paul T. Root wrote: > In a previous message, Patrick Seal said: > > On startup, I'd like a program (rc5des) to start on ttyv4 and a few other > > programs (tail -f) and others. Is there a way to do this other than > > manually switching consoles? > > /etc/ttys > > > -- > I've seen soaps that leave a better film than that. --The Muppet Movie > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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