[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >> 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
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? Thanks again, Mike
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