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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>I know that Xterm
supports vertical scolling as it had for</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>many years, but does
it support horizontal scrolling?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=282511602-27042008>
^</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>To clarify, vertical
scolling is | and horizontal scrolling is: <--></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=282511602-27042008>
v</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=282511602-27042008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>Seems to me I coulda
sworn that xterm did support horizontal</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>scrolling but alas -
I cannot prove it! I must </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=282511602-27042008>be getting old, really,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>really old.
:D</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=282511602-27042008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>I was working with
cygwin on w2kPro (yeah, yeah, I know this is a</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>Fedora
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>site), and
I liked that I could open the Cygwin command window</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>that
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>supports
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>H & V
scrolling, setting xterm to nowrap, stty columns to
810,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>and exec
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>a tail
-f on </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=282511602-27042008>an ansi </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=282511602-27042008>colorized </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=282511602-27042008>log file that has a </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>very long
line</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>width of just over
800 </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=282511602-27042008>characters </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=282511602-27042008>per line</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=282511602-27042008>) and I was able to use the URL</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>line such
as:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>1) tail -f
"<A>\\\\winHost\\d$\\Program
File\\Exchsrvr\\EventSink\\Log\\aTracker.log</A>"</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=282511602-27042008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>The above
scenario works well.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=282511602-27042008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>But I was
shite-out-of-luck trying to get the same log monitoring
capability</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>using Cygwin's
windowmaker session in win2kPro since xterm does not</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>seem to support
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>H-scroll
but can access the URL log file, but with </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>Fedora,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>I have two problems:
H-Scroll does work nor can I tail an </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=282511602-27042008>SMB file such as:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>2) tail -f
smb://winHost/D%24/Program%20File/Exchsrvr/EventSink/Log/aTracker.log</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>I also tried the URL
in (1) above and nope that did not work either.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=282511602-27042008>Any
suggestions?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=282511602-27042008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR>
Checked by AVG.<BR>
Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.5/1398 - Release Date: 4/25/2008 2:31 PM<BR>
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