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On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 10:54:31AM -0600, Joseph wrote: |
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> How to design a sticky note pop-up when file is present? |
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> I would like to check if file is present via and open a terminal window with a simple message. |
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> I think a simple bash script and a cron job would do the trick or is there a better solution? |
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Only partially related, I wrote the following dumb little script for crontab notifies, or to check a laptop battery every 5 minutes and report if below a certain level, etc. Really simple, but it works on most X systems. |
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#!/bin/sh |
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if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ]; then export DISPLAY=localhost:0; fi |
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xmopts= |
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while [ "$1" = "-x" ]; do |
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xmopts="$xmopts $2" |
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shift;shift |
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done |
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echo "$@ |
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" | xmessage -bg green -fg red -file - -title Alert -nearmouse -default okay $xmopts |
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Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & rocket surgeon / felix@×××××××.com |
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I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o |
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