on Tue, Apr 09, 2002, Tom Cook ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On 0, Shawn McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > begin quoting what Karsten M. Self said on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:18:58AM > > -0700: > > > > > > Not recommended. If X quits abnormally, it will also restart. What you > > > want: > > > > > > startx_command && shutdown -h now > > > > > > ...which should only restart the system if X is exited normally. If it > > > exits with a nonzero status, the system stays up. > > > > Stays up at a shell prompt. It's a kiosk, remember? > > > > Shell prompt == bad. Restart == less bad. > > So... > > while 0 ; do > startx_command && shutdown -h now ; > done > > will only shutdown when startx_command exits with error 0, otherwise > it'll restart.
Bingo. -- Karsten M. Self <[email protected]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Support the EFF, they support you: http://www.eff.org/
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