2013/12/5 James Griffin <[email protected]>:
> I've got a load of functions defined in my configuration file using
> DestroyFunc/AddToFunc. What I would like to know, is how can use these
> functions to test if the application in question is already running? In
> particular, I have an FvwmButtons instance that starts a panel - I wouldn't
> want more than one instance of this panel running.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers, Jamie.
>
Try this:
DestroyFunc StartOnce
AddToFunc StartOnce
+ I PipeRead 'if [ `ps -ef |grep -v grep |grep -c "$0"` -lt 1 ]; then \
echo Exec $0; \
fi'
The only thing is that you've got to set the command in quotes:
StartOnce "xterm -fg black -bg snow2 -g 80x40 -fn 7x14"
Best,
Thomas
