hi all
i'm runnin debian 2.6.9 sid fluxbox and idesk and editin for my own menus and configs
for ease i made the idesk icons to execute on single click, but i also have a shutdown button that i'd like to have a confirmation window before it executes sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now. could some one help me write a shell script that does this?
i'm guessin it's somethin like..
sh -c 'if [xmessage -center -buttons OK:1,Cancel:0 -default OK "Are you sure you want to shutdown?"] then sudo /sbin/reboot fi'
or somthing, i'm a total newbie on shell

second question, i like eyecandy, but only when they don't get in the way so i don't load them at xinit. programs such as fbpager -w. now i'd like to check that the fbpager is already running when i click on fbpager in my flux menu. if it's already running, then don't run, else, do run. it feels like it's simple enough

thanks a lot!

First question: yes, it's something along those lines. I'm sure you'll manage this. But were I you, I'd write a script, instead of putting all in the command to run.

Second question:
if [ -z "$(ps -e | grep -F "fbpager" | grep -v grep)" ]; then fbpager; fi

Yves

Thanks a lot!

your scripts are working great!

in case anyone cares, I found answer to 1 to be:

if echo "Shutdown System?" | col -x | xmessage -center -buttons No:1,Yes:0 -default Yes -file - ;
then sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now ; fi

probably incredibly crude but works

thanks again!

Nice of you to give feedback And I wouldn't say your solution to #1 is crude. There may be other ways, but this one seems OK (I did not know the "col" command).

Yves.