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Need simple bash script help

I need ivman to run once as user 'ivman' on boot (no problem) and once as $USER on login so a test is required for an already running ivman as $USER. In case you log out and then back in we do not want 2 instances of ivman running as $USER

I'm getting closer but still no workie. Any help would be great. Ultimately the script would test for $CURRENTLY_LOGGED_IN_USER but it's not critical. I can figure that out later. Thanks.

Code:

#!/bin/sh



IVMAN=`which ivman`

id=`pgrep -U glenn ivman`



if [ '$id' -eq '0' ]



then

  $IVMAN

 else

 exit

fi

How about something like the following instead of your pgrep line:

Code:

ps -ef | grep ivman | grep $USER | cut -f3

Adjusting -f3 to the appropriate field where necessary (I can't remember the PID field number off the top of my head).