Re: Output to Terminal
Re: Output to Terminal
- Subject: Re: Output to Terminal
- From: Stephane Sudre <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 00:04:54 +0200
blanklikes -> blank lines
On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 12:03 AM, Stephane Sudre <email@hidden> wrote:
> If this is the only issue with what you're trying to achieve, don't
> forget that wall(1) is part of Darwin, so you can get the source code
> and modify it:
>
> https://opensource.apple.com/tarballs/remote_cmds/remote_cmds-54.50.1.tar.gz
>
> If you force the undocumented nobanner option and remove the blanklikes by:
>
> 1. changing line 86 to int nobanner=1;
> 2. commenting lines 283 and 350.
>
> You can add your modified wall executable to your package resources and use it.
>
> e.g.
>
> macpro:~ stephane$ sudo echo "Compacting trash..." |
> /Users/stephane/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/wall-e-btvgbaqrikqzcqavrorrfufgpfiw/Build/Products/Debug/wall-e
> Compacting trash...
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 9:27 PM, Lora Lozano <email@hidden> wrote:
>> Thank you for your suggestion, Stephane. It definitely does what I want it to do, but since it also displays the broadcast text, I don’t think it’s a solution I can use.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Lora
>>
>>> On Apr 19, 2017, at 3:43 AM, Stephane Sudre <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> Maybe not a good suggestion (but at least it does output something to
>>> the terminal(s)):
>>>
>>> #!/bin/sh
>>>
>>> /bin/echo "This is an installation announcement." | /usr/bin/wall
>>>
>>> exit 0
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 1:48 AM, Lora Lozano <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have a postinstall script in my package. I’d like for it to echo something to the terminal if the user runs
>>>>
>>>> sudo installer -pkg <pathToPkg> -target /
>>>>
>>>> I see that the echo command in my postinstall script outputs to /var/log/install.log, and I can have it echo to a separate file also by using
>>>>
>>>> 2>&1 | tee -a "$logFile”
>>>>
>>>> However, can I output it to Terminal?
>>>>
>>>> Also, is there a way to pass a custom parameter to the installer command to be used by the postinstall script?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advanced.
>>>>
>>>> -Lora
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