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NAME

       zenity - display GTK+ dialogs

SYNOPSIS

       zenity [options]

DESCRIPTION

       zenity  is  a  program  that will display GTK+ dialogs, and return (either in the return code, or on standard output) the users input. This
       allows you to present information, and ask for information from the user, from all manner of shell scripts.

       For example, zenity --question will return either 0 or 1, depending on whether the user pressed OK or Cancel. zenity --entry will output on
       standard output what the user typed into the text entry field.

       Comprehensive documentation is available in the GNOME Help Browser, under GNOME/Utilities.

OPTIONS

       This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').

       Dialog options

       --calendar
	      Display calendar dialog

       --entry
	      Display text entry dialog

       --error
	      Display error dialog

       --file-selection
	      Display file selection dialog

       --info Display info dialog

       --list Display list dialog

       --notification
	      Display notification icon

       --progress
	      Display progress indication dialog

       --question
	      Display question dialog

       --text-info
	      Display text information dialog

       --warning
	      Display warning dialog

       --scale
	      Display scale dialog

       General options

       --title=TITLE
	      Set the dialog title

       --window-icon=ICONPATH
	      Set the window icon

       --width=WIDTH
	      Set the dialog width

       --height=HEIGHT
	      Set the dialog height

       --timeout=TIMEOUT
	      Set the dialog timeout

       Calendar options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --day=INT
	      Set the calendar day

       --month=INT
	      Set the calendar month

       --year=INT
	      Set the calendar year

       --date-format=PATTERN
	      Set the format for the returned date

       Text entry options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --entry-text=STRING
	      Set the entry text

       --hide-text
	      Hide the entry text

       Error options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --no-wrap
	      Do not enable text wrapping

       File selection options

       --filename=FILENAME
	      Set the filename

       --multiple
	      Allow selection of multiple filenames in file selection dialog

       --directory
	      Activate directory-only selection

       --save Activate save mode

       --separator=SEPARATOR
	      Specify separator character when returning multiple filenames

       --confirm-overwrite
	      Confirm file selection if filename already exists

       Info options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --no-wrap
	      Do not enable text wrapping

       List options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --column=STRING
	      Set the column header

       --checklist
	      Use check boxes for first column

       --radiolist
	      Use radio buttons for first column

       --separator=STRING
	      Set output separator character

       --multiple
	      Allow multiple rows to be selected

       --editable
	      Allow changes to text

       --print-column=NUMBER
	      Specify what column to print to standard output. The default is to return the first column. 'ALL' may be used to print all columns.

       --hide-column=NUMBER
	      Hide a specific column

       Notification options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the notification text

       --listen
	      Listen for commands on stdin

       Progress options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --percentage=INT
	      Set initial percentage

       --auto-close
	      Close dialog when 100% has been reached

       --auto-kill
	      Kill parent process if cancel button is pressed

       --pulsate
	      Pulsate progress bar

       Question options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --no-wrap
	      Do not enable text wrapping

       Text options

       --filename=FILENAME
	      Open file

       --editable
	      Allow changes to text

       Warning options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --no-wrap
	      Do not enable text wrapping

       Scale options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --value=VALUE
	      Set initial value

       --min-value=VALUE
	      Set minimum value

       --max-value=VALUE
	      Set maximum value

       --step=VALUE
	      Set step size

       --print-partial
	      Print partial values

       --hide-value
	      Hide value

       Miscellaneous options

       -?, --help
	      Show summary of options.

       --about
	      Display an about dialog.

       --version
	      Show version of program.

       Also the standard GTK+ options are accepted.

ENVIRONMENT

       Normally,  zenity detects the terminal window from which it was launched and keeps itself above that window.  This behavior can be disabled
       by unsetting the WINDOWID environment variable.

EXAMPLES

       Display a file selector with the title Select a file to remove. The file selected is returned on standard output.

	      zenity  --title="Select a file to remove" --file-selection

       Display a text entry dialog with the title Select Host and the text Select the host you would like  to  flood-ping.  The  entered  text	is
       returned on standard output.

	      zenity  --title "Select Host" --entry --text "Select the host you would like to flood-ping"

       Display a dialog, asking Microsoft Windows has been found! Would you like to remove it?. The return code will be 0 (true in shell) if OK is
       selected, and 1 (false) if Cancel is selected.

	      zenity  --question --title "Alert"  --text "Microsoft Windows has been found! Would you like to remove it?"

       Show the search results in a list dialog with the title Search Results and the text Finding all header files....

	      find . -name '*.h' | zenity --list --title "Search Results" --text "Finding all header files.." --column "Files"

       Show an icon in the notification area

	      zenity --notification --window-icon=update.png --text "System update necessary!"

       Display a weekly shopping list in a check list dialog with Apples and Oranges pre selected

	      zenity --list --checklist --column "Buy" --column "Item" TRUE Apples TRUE Oranges FALSE Pears FALSE Toothpaste

       Display a progress dialog while searching for all the postscript files in your home directory

       find $HOME -name '*.ps' | zenity --progress --pulsate

AUTHOR

       Zenity was written by Glynn Foster <glynn.foster@sun.com>.

       This manual page was written by Ross Burton <ross@burtonini.com>.

SEE ALSO

       gdialog(1), dialog(1)

								February 1st, 2003							 ZENITY(1)