WinPopUp type messages from FreeBSD to Mac OS X

[Oliver Fromme]

Charles Howse wrote:
 > Anyone know of a command-line program that will pop-up a window on my  
 > Mac with a message from FreeBSD?

If you're running an X server on your Mac (Xorg, XFree86),
then you can use the xmessage(1) tool, with the $DISPLAY
variable set appropriately.  It can even be used to create
simple dialogs (Such as "OK" / "Cancel") that can be used
from shell scripts.

Best regards
   Oliver

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