1indicator(1F)                    FMLI Commands                   indicator(1F)
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NAME

6       indicator  -  display  application specific alarms and/or the "working"
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SYNOPSIS

10       indicator [-b [n]] [-c column] [-l length] [-o] [-w]
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DESCRIPTION

15       The indicator function displays  application  specific  alarms  or  the
16       "working"  indicator,  or  both, on the  FMLI banner line. The argument
17       string is a string to be displayed  on  the  banner  line,  and  should
18       always  be  the  last argument given. Note that string is not automati‐
19       cally cleared from the banner line.
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OPTIONS

22       -bn          The -b option rings the terminal bell n times, where n  is
23                    an  integer  from  1 to 10. The default value is 1. If the
24                    terminal has no bell, the screen is  flashed  instead,  if
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28       -c column    The  -c  option  defines  the column of the banner line at
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30                    must  be an integer from 0 to DISPLAYW-1. If the -c option
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34       -l length    The -l option defines the maximum  length  of  the  string
35                    displayed.  If string is longer than length characters, it
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37                    from  1  to DISPLAYW. If the -l option is not used, length
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42       -o           The  -o option causes indicator to duplicate its output to
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EXAMPLES

50       Example 1 A sample output of the indicator command.
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53       When the value entered in a form field is invalid, the following use of
54       indicator  will  ring  the  bell three times and display the word WRONG
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58         invalidmsg=`indicator -b 3 -c 1 "WRONG"`
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63       To clear the indicator after telling the user the entry is wrong:
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72       In this example the value of invalidmsg (in this case the default value
73       Input is not valid), still appears on the  FMLI message line.
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ATTRIBUTES

77       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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82       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
83       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
84       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
85       │Availability                 │SUNWcsu                      │
86       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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SEE ALSO

89       attributes(5)
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93SunOS 5.11                        5 Jul 1990                     indicator(1F)
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