#!/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