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Random photo every two minutes recursively

I trying to find a script that can use fbsetbg and change the background ramdomly through directories

i found this python script and changed it to the following , but it gives me errors , i think its because there are directories in directories

here is my modified version

Code:

# Copyright 2005 Michael Rice

# errr (at) errr-online (dot) com

#

# This will set a random image. It will pull the image from a pool

# of as many dirs as you want and its timed and will change every 2 mins

#

# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or

# (at your option) any later version.



import os,random

from time import sleep



def get_bgimgs():

    h = []

    #add your paths here no need to remove any if you dont want to

    #any path that isnt there will be skipped

    paths =["/mnt/allix/photos"]

    for imgpth in paths:

            try:

                imgs = os.listdir(os.path.expanduser(imgpth))

                for i in imgs:

                    i = i.replace(" ","/ ")

                    h.append(imgpth+"/"+i)

            except (OSError):

                pass

    os.system("fbsetbg -f "+ random.choice(h))

    sleep(240)

    #print random.choice(h)



if __name__ == "__main__":

    while 1:

        get_bgimgs()

Code:

import os,random, time

paths=['/mnt/allix/photos']

images=[]

for path in paths:

  if os.path.isdir(path)==False: continue

  for root,dirs,files in os.walk(path):

    for name in files:

      images.append(os.path.join(root,name))



while True:

  os.system('fbsetbg -f "%s"'%images[random.randint(0,len(images))])

  time.sleep(240)

havn't tested it, but I reckon it should work...

thanks its working , i don't think it will start up if i put it in .fluxbox/init
apart from putting it on the menu, how would you suggest i automate it when the fluxbox loads?

if you add
#!/usr/bin/python
or wherever your python binary is located at the top of the script and
chmod 755 nameofscript.py
then you could just set
session.screen0.rootCommand: nameofscript.py
in your ~/.fluxbox/init