Shell script and spawning new konsole windows?

[vwgtiturbo]

Hello there, I have a script I use to perform backups to another LAN connected machine, and during the course of the backups, three log files are generated. I was wondering how I could spawn new konsole windows from within the shell script, so that I can ‘tail -f’ these log files and keep track of what is going on. Is this possible or am I really opening a can of worms?

[pbharris]

xterm -e tail -s 10 filename.log ? or maybe konsole -e tail -s 10 filename.log

[vwgtiturbo]

I apologize for not getting back to this sooner. I am a little overwhelmed with work and school, not to mention wife, kiddo, and house. I haven’t even had the chance to try this. Hopefully, I will be able to by the weekend. Thanks for the quick response though!

[vwgtiturbo]

Okay, I tried this out, but the konsole windows just don’t stay open. They just open then close…

[pbharris]

okie – try this
(oh yea – i am in the same busy boat you are )
xterm -e "tail –follow=descriptor –sleep-interval=1 /path/file"

[TGAM123]

try to recompile your Konsole

[TGAM123]

sorry bad idea … if you start your console again there will be an error warning.

[TGAM123]

sorry bad idea … if you open that files…if they were generated there will be an error message .