On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 02:58:01PM +0100, Stuart Houghton wrote: > Hi, I like to organise my .reminders file so that it just contains > INCLUDE statements for things like 'birthdays.txt'. 'todo-list.txt' > etc. > > When I run in daemon or server mode, there doesn't seem to be a way of > getting remind to expand these INCLUDEs when it re-reads the > .reminders file. > > Is this possible, or do I just have to run an individual daemon for > each of the includes?
Well, I suppose you could just cat all your INCLUDEd files to .reminders when any of them changes, run remind in server mode, and use a FIFO to control it. Off the top of my head: $ cd $ mkdir -p .remind/include $ vim .remind/include/birthdays.txt $ vim .remind/include/todo-list.txt (etc. -- move everything out of .reminders!) $ mkfifo .remind/server-control $ cat <<EOS > ./my-remind.sh > #!/bin/bash > # Start remind in server mode > remind -z0 .reminders < .remind/server-control & > # Clear previous list of all reminders > : > .remind/prev > # Loop forever > while true; do > # N.B.: This next line requires bash > if ! cmp .remind/prev <(cat .remind/include/*.txt); then > # Something has changed -- "rewrite" .reminders > # and remember all reminders > cat .remind/include/*.txt | tee .remind/prev > .reminders > # Tell remind to re-read all reminders > echo REREAD > .remind/server-control > fi > sleep 15 # or however long you wish > done > EOS $ chmod a+x ./my-remind.sh $ ./my-remind.sh & There are sure to be bugs there, of course, and I doubt it's the best approach, but FWIW... Paul. -- Paul Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Remind-fans mailing list [email protected] http://lists.whatexit.org/mailman/listinfo/remind-fans
