Thanks but that sounds like a cop-out ala grande. And besides I wanted to know what I was doing wrong not just fixing the problem. Hope you get my meaning.
Thanks anyway. On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 08:22 +0000, James Attard wrote: > or else modify the if condition to "-gt 2" > > > 2008/10/16 Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Oh.... don't I luv bashisms ... > > I slightly rewrote the program and will explain why > > #!/bin/bash > # -C just gives you a list of the processes called what are > you doing which is more efficient than running multiple greps > # In this case wc -l should always return at least one line > since ps -C displays a header even when no processes exist > cntr=$(/bin/ps -C whatareyoudoing | wc -l) > #make sure cntr is not empty > if [ "x$cntr" != "x" -a $cntr -gt 1 ]; > > then > zenity --info --text "Call Logger Is Already Running" > exit 1 > fi > while true > do > sleep 15m > NOW=`date +"%Y|%m|%d|%H|%M|%S"` > echo $NOW "|" `zenity --text "Attivita' :$NOW" --entry --title > "X'Qed Tagħmel Man?" --width 1000 --height 5` >> $HOME/CALLOG > & > done > > > > exit 0 > > Did that help ? > > > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Andrew Cilia > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hiyall, > here's a curious one. I created a batch job > called whatareyoudoing which contains the text you see > below. It should be a simple mechanism which asks the > user what they are doing every 15 minutes and has a > safeguard so that it does not run more than once. The > problem is that the very first time I run it, it's > saying that it's running twice. This one has stumped > me. Has anyone found anything similar?? > > #!/bin/bash > cntr=`/bin/ps ax | /bin/grep whatareyoudoing > | /bin/grep -v grep | wc -l` > if [ $cntr -gt 1 ]; > then > zenity --info --text "Call Logger Is Already > Running" > exit 1 > fi > while true > do > sleep 15m > NOW=`date +"%Y|%m|%d|%H|%M|%S"` > echo $NOW "|" `zenity --text "Attivita' :$NOW" --entry > --title "X'Qed Tagħmel Man?" --width 1000 --height 5` > >> $HOME/CALLOG & > done > > > > > The information contained in this email is > confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for > the addressee only, if you are not the intended > recipient please notify the sender and delete the > email immediately. The contents of this email must not > be disclosed or copied without the senders consent. > We cannot accept any responsibility for viruses. > Any views expressed in this message are those of the > individual sender, except where the sender > specifically states them to be the view of Philip > Toledo Limited > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > > -- > www.madvip.net > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list The information contained in this email is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee only, if you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. The contents of this email must not be disclosed or copied without the senders consent. We cannot accept any responsibility for viruses. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the view of Philip Toledo Limited
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