On Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 21:50:33 +0000, Patter wrote: > On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:00:19 +0100, BartlebyScrivener wrote: > > Is there a script I could make that I could use to start mutt, and if > > mutt were already running, then it could just take me to the already- > > running instance of it, instead of starting a new mutt? > > Hacked up from a little perlish I had hanging around
Close but not as good as you could do - your script essentially says "If mutt is running exit". A better approach would be to use GNU Screen to allow the user to re-attach to a running mutt: alias mutt='screen -D -R -S mutt mutt' This means create a secreen session with name mutt (-S) running wth command mutt - if one is already running with that name detach it first. The only drawback is this will get fiddly if you're running nested screen sessions... Steve -- Debian GNU/Linux System Administration http://www.debian-administration.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
