Something like this is better done with cron. Schedule the job when you
log in, unschedule it when you log out.
Then you do not have a sleeping shell script in the process table.
ericb
On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, Adam Kopacz wrote:
> Martin Cartwright wrote:
> hi,
>
> > ->Actually, XV can do this, I believe.
> [...]
>
> try this cool script. it shows 4 images in 24h .. start it with & in the
> background.
> ps: morgen = morning / mittag = afternoon / anacht = night ..
>
>
> ---cut---
> #! /bin/sh
> #
> # ROOTIMG anhand der uhrzeit setzen.
> # + setting ROOTIMG with the time (sorry my bad english)
>
> APP="/usr/X11R6/bin/xli -onroot -quiet"
> MORGEN="/root/Privat/Pictures/backgrounds/wolken_800x600.jpg"
> MITTAG="/root/Privat/Pictures/backgrounds/wolken1_800x600.jpg"
> NMITTAG="/root/Privat/Pictures/backgrounds/y-clouds_800x600.jpg"
> NACHT="/root/Privat/Pictures/backgrounds/daemmerung_800x600.jpg"
>
> j=25
>
> while true
> do
> # Hat sich seit der letzten Pruefung die Stunde veraendert?
> if [ $j != `date +%H` ]
> then
> j=`date +%H`
> case `date +%H` in
> 0[6-9]) $APP $MORGEN ;;
> 1[0-7]) $APP $MITTAG ;;
> 1[8-9]|2[0]) $APP $NMITTAG ;;
> 2[123]|0[0-5]) $APP $NACHT ;;
> esac
> fi
> # Nur alle 5 Minuten pruefen, um CPU-Zeit zu sparen:
> sleep 300 # + checking every 5 mins (low cpu usage)
> done
> ---cut---
>
> --
>
> Bye, klospatz's Linux-Place (Babes/Files)
> Adam Kopacz (klospatz) http://www.rat.de/Adam
>
>
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Received on Mon Aug 25 1997 - 15:43:15 BST