Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:28:14 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> Cc: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, freebsd general questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT: what is the X11 equiv of /dev/null Message-ID: <49AC5D7E.8040208@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <64c038660903020908k285b3cbcr4dd810a51a94dcec@mail.gmail.com> References: <49ABA560.8050308@gmail.com> <64c038660903020908k285b3cbcr4dd810a51a94dcec@mail.gmail.com>
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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 -- Surely you cant be serious." "I am serious, and dont call me Shirley.
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