On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 19:46 -0600, »Q« wrote:
> Iain Buchanan wrote:
> 

> > To get around it, perhaps you could keep "state" with a file.  eg
> > (untested):
> 
> [big snip]
> 
> > HTH!
> 
> It certainly did;  thanks very much!  After some tinkering (my
> understanding of testing syntax in bash scripts is pretty weak), I've
> got the scheme you suggested working fine.

cool, thanks for letting me know! glad I could help.

I just had a thought though - the file you use should probably go
somewhere more sane, like /var/run or something like that.

cya,
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