man1/Xmsg2

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Name

Xmsg2 - small error warning display window

Synopsis

Xmsg2 <arg>

Description

This is an Xwindows program which gives a small window to display a two line message about errors. The first line of the message is <arg> and is printed in red. The second line of the message is "(press mouse button to dismiss this window" and is printed in green. The window will time out and disappear on it’s own after 30 seconds if not dismissed by a mouse button press.

Usually this program is called from shell scripts which need to print a warning.

Arguments

arg
The contents of the first line of the message.

Notes

The size of the window is hardcoded.

Examples

Xmsg2 "the system has melted down"

Manual Page Revision

$Id: Xmsg2.1,v 1.1 2000/09/11 21:11:54 kitchen Exp $


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