In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm sure that I might be missing something obvious here, but after a few >hours I still haven't figured it out. I'm writing a script to detect >whether xscreensaver is running and activate it if it is. If not, it >launches the daemon first and then activates. From the command line, the >following returns the correct exit codes: > >if ps -A |grep -q "[x]screensaver"; then xscreensaver-command -activate >else xscreensaver& xscreensaver-command -activate; fi > >However, if I put that exact line into a shell script and run it, the if >ALWAYS gets evaluated as true. Any ideas?
Sure. If your script is called something like "check-xscreensaver" the grep finds the script itself. Why not use "pidof xscreensaver", see man pidof(8) Mike. -- "Insanity -- a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world." - R.D. Lang -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
