X-Git-Url: https://ruderich.org/simon/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=f6eb3de5b1e95dc932158ab99bc58aa16ec511d5;hb=3553a29a54f7755debfa189db830c4b8de51826f;hp=132b6c3e17dc2f92d20d5b5343150d2ce61191ed;hpb=aaaaf11639fafcd1c926cfcccd282182551f3382;p=wall-notify%2Fwall-notify.git diff --git a/README b/README index 132b6c3..f6eb3de 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -32,16 +32,22 @@ USAGE To dump all wall messages to stdout use: - ./wall-notify cat + ./src/wall-notify cat All arguments passed to `wall-notify` are used when execing the process, e.g. to replace all spaces with underlines use: - ./wall-notify sed 's/ /_/g' + ./src/wall-notify sed 's/ /_/g' To display the messages with `xmessage` use: - ./wall-notfiy xmessage -file - + ./src/wall-notify xmessage -file - + +However this will display '^M' (carriage-return) and other control characters +in the message. For a simple wrapper script which removes those, see +`contrib/message-helper`: + + ./src/wall-notify contrib/message.sh xmessage -file - The shell is not used when running the program. @@ -49,6 +55,8 @@ The shell is not used when running the program. BUGS ---- +Doesn't work on OpenBSD which has no support for utmpx.h. + If you find any bugs not mentioned in this document please report them to with wall-notify in the subject.