On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 16:41:25 -0400 (EDT)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:

> I'd create a named pipe and send the output of top to the pipe. You
> can then use root-tail on the named pipe. E.g.:
> 
> mkfifo top-output
> 
> nohup -b >> top-output &
> 
> root-tail  +whatever parameters you need to pass

IIRC, the nohup is so that when you close the term that started all
this, the process keeps running, no?

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