[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >>> nohup -b >> top-output & > > Duh! I meant, of course, to type "top -b"... Not enough caffeine yet. > Gotta brew another carafe or two.
hehe :) I know the feeling. > >>> >>> root-tail +whatever parameters you need to pass >> >> Awesome! That did it - instead of 'nohup -b' I did 'top -b' and it does >> exactly what I was hoping >> for. Now I have another question for you - what exactly is 'mkfifo'? >> What is a fifo? I kind of >> have an idea, just because I can see what it is doing; I tried running vi >> on the fifo I created >> though and it seemed to just lock the term window I was using. I checked >> the man page but could >> you explain it in english exactly what a fifo does? >> > > A named pipe is just a method to allow two different processes to > communicate with each other. You can also use it in cases where a program > doesn't take input from stdin as in the above. Think of it as the same > things as using the pipe character "|" but output goes to a file and input > is read from the file. It's also useful in cases where you need to > periodically retrieve data but don't want a huge program sitting around in > memory listening to a regular pipe. > > >>From a google search: > > http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci212619,00.html > > named pipe > > In computer programming, a named pipe is a method for passing information > from one computer process to other processes using a pipe or message > holding place that is given a specific name. Unlike a regular pipe, a > named pipe can be used by processes that do not have to share a common > process origin and the message sent to the named pipe can be read by any > authorized process that knows the name of the named pipe. > > A named pipe is sometimes called a "FIFO" (first in, first out) because > the first data written to the pipe is the first data that is read from it. Wow! Thank you for taking the time to get me all that! I'm going to hit that site and do some studying now. :) You know, I'm doing Win2k computer / network installs for work and I think to myself everyday - "why do people insist on using this crap? Linux is so much more fun!" Mike
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