starting programs in .bashrc
Hi,
whats a good way to start a program in the .bashrc file for a particular user only on the condition that the program hasn't already been started by someone else. I can get 'ps -A | grep prog_name' to tell me if the program is running but I can't figure out the syntax to put this in an if statement in my .bashrc file bluemoose |
The exit status of ps is stored in $?. Make the following statement an if statement to check $? for the grep exit status. My guess is that a zero exit status means that prog_name is running and a non zero exit status means that prog_name is not running, but you may have to figure that out by trial and error.
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