#!/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 wmiir create /bar/status xwrite /bar/status/colors $WMII_NORMCOLORS trap "wmiir remove /bar/status 2>/dev/null; exit" 15 while xwrite /bar/status/data `date` `uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g'` do sleep 1 done