Automatic check if Internet is up before running a script?
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From: Vahis on 30 Dec 2009 14:34 On 2009-12-30, Vahis <waxborg(a)gmail.com.invalid> wrote: zsnip> I added one line there, kdialog: > > #!/bin/bash > #In case an instance of audacious was left running > killall audacious2 > > #In case the directory was left mounted > umount -l /music/server > > #Check if the connection to the server is up > while ! ping -c 3 -w 4 waxborg.servepics.com >/dev/null 2>&1 > do ### kdialog --error "Connect to Internet first!" > sleep 10 > done > > #Mount the directory > sshfs waxborg.servepics.com:/music /music/server > > #Start player > /usr/bin/audacious2 -i gtkui > > That's it for now. > If nothing happens before the bouncing cursor disappears the connection > is not up. > I'd like a notification of this, other than nothing happening. > > When I then start umtsmon, the player starts as when ping is answered the > script goes on. > >>> The script could give a warning It does now :) > > So there's something built in in KDE for interaction. Kdialog it was. > > It gets a little bigger if interactive prompting is added :) One more line :) Vahis -- "Sunrise 9:28am (EET), sunset 3:17pm (EET) at Espoo, FI (5:49 hours daylight)" http://waxborg.servepics.com Linux 2.6.25.20-0.5-default #1 SMP 2009-08-14 01:48:11 +0200 x86_64 9:28pm up 61 days 2:29, 10 users, load average: 0.64, 0.26, 0.14
From: Moe Trin on 31 Dec 2009 22:10 On Wed, 30 Dec 2009, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.suse, in article <20091230203035(a)usenet.waxborg.local>, Vahis wrote: >houghi <houghi(a)houghi.org.invalid> wrote: >> Vahis wrote: >>>> But on the plus side, you now don't have the sun bother you all >>>> the time. ;-) >> Brussels 30/12 Sunrise 8:45 Sunset 16:45 >> Helsinki 30/12 Sunrise 9:25 Sunset 15:21 >OK. Your sun-times are better for the moment. Phoenix 31/12 Sunrise 07:32 Sunset 17:31 >But I bet it's cloudy there though. Actually, I'm freezing at the moment (it's 11C outside, and I'm sure there are icebergs in the swimming pool) but it's clear with a visibility of 20 KM in haze.. >Wait 6 months, you :) Phoenix 30/6 Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 19:42 and we don't use daylight time. The pool will be up in the mid 30s (~33C last June) - just the thing to cool off when it's down to 42C at sunset. ;-) Happy New Year anyway! Old guy
From: Kevin Nathan on 31 Dec 2009 22:18
On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:10:10 -0600 ibuprofin(a)painkiller.example.tld.invalid (Moe Trin) wrote: >Phoenix 30/6 Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 19:42 and we don't use daylight >time. > >The pool will be up in the mid 30s (~33C last June) - just the thing >to cool off when it's down to 42C at sunset. ;-) > >Happy New Year anyway! > > Old guy I'm an old guy in Mesa -- we should get together some time... :-) -- Kevin Nathan (Arizona, USA) Linux Potpourri and a.o.l.s. FAQ -- (temporarily offline) Open standards. Open source. Open minds. The command line is the front line. Linux 2.6.31.5-0.1-default 20:16pm up 14 days 2:01, 19 users, load average: 0.00, 0.04, 0.09 |