wmii/rc/status

#!9PREFIX/bin/rc
# periodically print date and load average to the bar

PIDFILE=/tmp/ns.$USER.$DISPLAY/statuspid-$DISPLAY

fn xwrite { echo -n $2 | wmiir write $1 }

if(test -r $PIDFILE) {
    kill -2 `{cat $PIDFILE} >[2]/dev/null
}
echo $pid >$PIDFILE

# install signal handler for artificial sigexit:
fn sigint {
    if(test -f $PIDFILE && ~ `{cat $PIDFILE} $pid)
    	rm -f $PIDFILE
    exit
}

fn statustext {
    # if you need a formatted date, use awk
    echo `{date} `{uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g'}
}

text=`{statustext}
while(xwrite /bar/3/data $"text) {
    sleep 2
    text=`{statustext}
}