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heptapod

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Registered: 2010-06-24

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Quick message over network

Say you want to send a quick message over your local network. For example maybe you are compiling something on a server and want to know when it is done, or you want to be notified when a download is complete. What is the best program to use for these kind of situations? I was thinking about xmessage over ssh but that seems overly complicated.

lagagnon

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Re: Quick message over network

"talk" ?

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karol

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Re: Quick message over network

Why not a e-mail? A sound notification? 'wget -c <something> && play ~/bing.mp3'
What happens if your compile fails or your download aborts or gets stuck?

heptapod

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Re: Quick message over network

On the local machine I usually just add ;xmessage done, to whatever Im doing. Simple but gives me a notification whether what Im doing succeds or not. Email could work, but I would have to set up a notification for new email on the destop. Also I would either have to set up a local mailserver, or wait for the message to go to my webmail and back.

Just tried talk but didnt like it, mostly because the documentation wasnt so great.

lagagnon

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Re: Quick message over network

Just tried talk but didnt like it, mostly because the documentation wasnt so great.

Did you try "info talk" rather than "man talk" ?

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heptapod

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Re: Quick message over network

Yeah I looked at the info documentation. I couldnt quite get it to work, but it looked more like a chat program. Is it possible to make it popup a window when someone calls it as opposed to having to open and checking it?