NAME

toolwait − control client program startup. 

SYNOPSIS

toolwait [ −display displaystring ] [ −timeout nseconds ]
[ −help ] command

DESCRIPTION

toolwait is a program that controls the startup of an X11 or NeWS client program.  Toolwait takes a client program as its argument.  When the client program has started, toolwait will exit. 

OPTIONS

The basic options are as follows:

−display string Specify the name of the display that toolwait should monitor.  Overrides the DISPLAY environment variable, if any. 

−timeout nsecs Specifies the time to wait for the client to start up.  Toolwait will exit if the client hasn’t started by nsecs seconds.  Default is 15 seconds. 

−help Display a short summary of the possible command line options. 

EXAMPLES

To start a cmdtool with toolwait, the following command may be used:

example% toolwait cmdtool -Wp 0 0 -Ws 557 95 -WP 263 833

 
To start a mailtool on display "host2" with a timeout of 25 seconds, use the following command:

 example% toolwait -display host2:0 -timeout 25 mailtool
-display host2:0

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