wmii/rc/status

#!/bin/sh
# periodically print date and load average to the bar

pidfile=/tmp/ns.$USER.$DISPLAY/statuspid

xwrite() {
	file="$1"; shift
	echo -n "$@" | wmiir write "$file"
}

# race condition alert
test -f $pidfile && kill `cat $pidfile` 2>/dev/null
echo $$ >$pidfile
sleep 1
xwrite /bar/new/colors $WMII_NORMCOLORS
n=`wmiir read /bar | awk '/[0-9]+$/ {if($NF>max) max=$NF} END {print max}'`
trap "wmiir remove /bar/$n 2>/dev/null; exit" 15

while true
do
	xwrite /bar/$n/data `date` `uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g'` || exit
	sleep 1
done