Hi Rusty, > How about using a nice piperead and some standard Posix programs? > > Here's an example of one such statement (i.e. just stick this in a > piperead): > ps -A | grep FvwmProxy >/dev/null && echo "ModuleSynchronous FvwmProxy \ > || echo "Nop"
A good idea. However, I'd also like to know if a named instance of a module is running. ie. I start multiple instances of the FvwmButtons module. eg. Module FvwmButtons Buttonbar So I'd need to use "ps -A -f", but then the grep would probably match on itself so I should use the "pidof" program, but then I want to make sure it's _my_ FvwmProxy running (not someone elses) so I probably need to combine pidof with ps. I don't think using pidof is portable though. Hmmm, why do PipeRead's always get so complicated!? :) SCoTT. :) -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
