Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 08:49:17 -0500 From: Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com> To: Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@freedomnet.com>, Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: determining an X window ID? Message-ID: <19980830084917.A4163@znh.org.> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.980830052005.10995A-100000@freedomnet.com>; from Kelly Yancey on Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 05:26:19AM -0400 References: <199808300355.WAA05971@detlev.UUCP> <Pine.BSD/.3.91.980830052005.10995A-100000@freedomnet.com>
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On Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 05:26:19AM -0400, Kelly Yancey wrote:
> The old fashioned way...it checks for each of them in the output of ps
> :)
> Actually it's not too bad. I broke it into two loops: the first checks
> for all the X-based cd players (xmcd, xcdplayer, etc), with the hope that
> one day I'll be able to set focus on them. And the second checks for
> command-line cd players (cdplay, cda, etc.)...I don't know what I could
> do if they are running, but it definately isn't to try and start another
> cd player :).
You could use 'egrep' instead of a for loop and grep:
#!/bin/sh
ps -cawx | egrep -w "xmcd|workman|xcdplayer|cda|cdplay" > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
xmcd $@ &
fi
/usr/sbin/cdcontrol can play cd's as well.
--
Zach Heilig -- zach@gaffaneys.com
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