man1/Xmsg

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Name

Xmsg - small logging warning display window

Synopsis

Xmsg <arg>

Description

This is an Xwindows program which gives a small window to display a two line message about logging. The first line of the message is "data log of <arg> in progress". The second line of the message is "please wait.....". The window is titled "Message Window".

Usually this program is called from the shell scripts used to do system logging. After the logging is complete the shell script issues a kill(1) command to destroy the message window.

Arguments

arg
The word(s) to insert in the first line of the message.

Notes

The size of the window is hardcoded and is tailered for use in the logging scripts.

Examples

Xmsg S1
Xmsg S1 L4

Manual Page Revision

$Id: Xmsg.1,v 1.1 2000/09/11 21:11:54 kitchen Exp $

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