Another option is to update the info in the status line in your shell prompt. That's what I do. It then updates the status line when you print your prompt (each time you press return). It obviously only changes when your prompt gets printed, but if you're working in that window, then that's quite often.
This is what I do in my prompt in bash: export PS1='[\$\!] \[^[_`/bin/cat somefile` \H \w^[\\\]' That makes my status line look like the contents of some file, then the hostname, then the current directory. You replace the output of your script in the /bin/cat somefile. Note: The ^[ is an escape character, not ^ followed by [ (there are 2 escapes in that line above), but the [ without the ^ before it is a single [. I realize that's a bit confusing to look at. With this you have no process to worry about, but the down side is that it doesn't update every second. Michael Grant _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users
