In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >When 'diald' runs, it creates /var/run/diald.fifo and diald.pid. > >The accompanying X monitoring/control program, 'dctrl', evidently gets >its information by way of diald.fifo. > >Is there some way I can engage in conversation (or eavesdropping) with >diald.fifo, so that I can see on a designated tty screen the same stuff >'dctrl' displays on its X window...?
Yes. It's quite easy. You give commands to diald through the fifo, e.g. on my local diald box I have a script that basically does: echo up >/var/run/diald/diald.fifo to cause the link to come up. If you want to see what dctrl sees, you have to create another fifo and send a command to diald to tell it to log to that fifo. Be aware that you must have a reader running on it first, or diald will give up on it. I have a logging program here that basically does: rm -f /tmp/diald.log mkfifo -m 600 /tmp/diald.log cat </tmp/diald.log & sleep 1 echo "monitor /tmp/diald.log" >/var/run/diald/diald.fifo -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It's actually quite entertaining to watch ag129 prop his foot up on the desk so he can get a better aim." [ seen in ucam.chat ] Finger for PGP key
