From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] pop up windows with text message
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 23:52:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130709235259.1a1feb51@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130709165430.GC24522@syscon7.inet>
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On Tue, 9 Jul 2013 10:54:31 -0600, Joseph wrote:
> I would like to check if file is present via and open a terminal window
> with a simple message. I think a simple bash script and a cron job
> would do the trick or is there a better solution?
>
> I've tried cron + bash script
I think incron may be a better fit, its jobs are triggered by file
creation, deletion or modification.
> When I open terminal and type: "terminal" new windows pops up
> But if close all the terminals and run wall.sh script the terminal will
> not open. I get an error message: (terminal:24945): Gtk-WARNING **:
> cannot open display:
You probably need to export DISPLAY in your script.
--
Neil Bothwick
I get enough exercise just pushing my luck.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-09 23:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-09 16:54 [gentoo-user] pop up windows with text message Joseph
2013-07-09 22:52 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2013-07-10 9:21 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-11 2:48 ` Joseph
2013-07-11 4:47 ` Wang Xuerui
2013-07-11 8:28 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-07-13 3:06 ` Joseph
2013-07-11 5:12 ` Mark David Dumlao
2013-07-13 22:59 ` felix
2013-07-15 18:17 ` Joseph
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