On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:00:19 +0100, BartlebyScrivener wrote: > Is there a script I could make that I could use to start mutt, and if > mutt were already running, then it could just take me to the already- > running instance of it, instead of starting a new mutt?
Hacked up from a little perlish I had hanging around my @running `/bin/ps -aefw |/bin/grep 'perl' |/bin/grep 'mutt'|/bin/grep -v 'grep'`; if (scalar @running > 1) { die "mutt already running\n"; } else { system("mutt"); } -- Stephen Patterson :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: http://patter.mine.nu/ GPG: B416F0DE :: Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Don't be silly, Minnie. Who'd be walking round these cliffs with a gas oven?" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]