> I'd like to log into a box remotely and run a curses-based program, but
> have the output display on the console for a colleague to view. Is this
> possible?

*I might be very wrong here*
But my though is that unless you make use of the X server
for exporting Xterm consoles your stuck with screen as
far as the managing go's on terminals (Do note the *)

I'm running multiple serial console related tools in the background
for multiple users using screen,

Have a try
# ftp "ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/`uname -r`/\
packages/`uname -m`/screen*static.tgz"
# pkg_add -v screen-*

---user a
$ screen top
press [ctrl] + [a] + [d]
[session detached]
---user b
$ screen -r

> If so, can it be sent to the console screen without anyone being logged
> in?

Try looking at the screen man page, it has loads of options.
It might have some sort of /etc/ttys redirect, mix that with ssh
and your problem should be solved.

> For example, I'd like to launch top, have it appear on the screen, and
> continually update normally, without scrolling.

If all fails dump top output to a file.

$ while true;do top -b -o cpu && sleep 1 && clear;done >> /tmp/output

Hope this helps.


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] Bas Keur
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