[NMLUG] Getting the message out (to an X user)

[ebrown at lanl.gov (Ed Brown)]

Pop-up message?!  What do you think this is, winblo.., err, rather,
Windows(TM)?       =)

Don't know really, but you might consider:
-sending e-mail (echo "Restart App!" |mail -s "New Config Alert"
user_name)(sends mail to local user)
-using 'write' (requires user to have a terminal window open)

-Ed


On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 12:12, Jody Harris wrote:
> I have a "daemon" that runs a task in the background.  When the daemon 
> is finished, I would like it to send a message to the desktop user 
> (running KDE 3.2 over X) to restart the primary desktop application. 
> (Unfortunately, the software cannot be configured to periodically scan 
> for new files, so the only way to "find" them is to close the app and 
> restart it.)
> 
> How I can I a script (effectively a console user, with no shell) send a 
> pop-up message to another user (known, default user, in this case)?
> 
> Thanks,
> jody