On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 10:58:08PM -0400, john s jacobs anderson wrote: > Okay, that could work -- but I'm too forgetful to remember if there's > already an XEmacs process running -- anybody have a shell script that > will execute the following pseudocode? > > if there's an XEmacs process running > `gnuclient -q $1` > else > `xemacs -nw $1` > > Hmm -- I guess all I really need is the flag to test for a running > process by name -- any help?
People always get lots of responses from queries like this, but this seems like the obvious way to do it: pidof xemacs && gnuclient -q $1 || xemacs -nw $1 Cheers, Chris -- pick, pack, pock, puck: like drops of water in a fountain falling softly in the brimming bowl.
