what if you had stopped it for doing something On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Girish Venkatachalam < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone, > > Here is a very simple recipe for a common need. > > I have been wanting to automatically switch off my machine after the > music stops playing. > > This could be at night or during daytime when you lock your house and > leave. > > This simple shell script does a great job when run as root. > > But remember that you should be able to switch off the machine in > software. APM support has to work. > > Nowadays it is no issue. > > Here is the silly program that does the job. > > > [-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] > #!/bin/sh > > while [ "1" = "1" ]; then > do > sleep 15 > echo "Checking for mplayer..." > stat=`pgrep mplayer` > if [ "$stat" = "" ]; then > shutdown -hP now > fi > done > > [-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] > > Since I only play music using mplayer this works for me. You need to > choose some other audio/video player in > case you are not like me. > > Hope it is useful in some strange way. > > Thanks. > > -Girish > -- > Gayatri Hitech > web: http://gayatri-hitech.com > > SpamCheetah Spam filter: > http://spam-cheetah.com > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > -- with love from India, swamy , wattabottles http://meswamy.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
