> Cool!  But here's another stupid question:  since root-tail seems to be
> designed to read log files
> - how do I make it read stdin?

I've not used root-tail so this may not work:

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




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