[Remind-Fans] remind and xmessage on Mac OS X?

[David F. Skoll]

John Shafer wrote:

> REM 17:00 RUN echo Go home > /tmp/message | xmessage -file /tmp message
> but that doesn't do anything (yes, X11 is running at the time).

That's not surprising.  (Read a few books on UNIX pipes and
redirection...)  Even if your syntax were correct, which it isn't,
it still probably wouldn't work as you expect.

You do not need a temporary file.  Just this:

REM AT 17:00 RUN echo Go home | xmessage -file - &

Regards,

David.