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Hi, all
There used to be a way of determining if firefox is running by checking
the return value of:
$ firefox -remote "ping()"
However I tried it on 1.0 PR and it's gone. I googled for it and found a
message that says the same thing so I guess it's not my problem. Anyway,
I needed that, so I wrote a workaround that uses ps. The attached script
is designed to open a page in firefox, but if firefox is already
running, do it in a new tab.
I submit this for your enjoyment and critical review. I wonder if there
is a better (or simply other) way to do it.
--
"No, I do not contain myself,"
were the final words from the set of self-excluding sets. :-)
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#! /bin/bash
# catchthefox.sh
# By Yosef Meller
# License: GPL
#
# A script to launch a page in a new tab if firefox is running,
# Otherwise run firefox and open the page.
FIREFOX=/usr/bin/firefox
HOST=localhost
# Different distros have different executable name, so grep -i
# For example, in Mandrake it's MozillaFirefox, in Gentoo it's just firefox.
ps -A | grep -i firefox > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
$FIREFOX -remote "openURL(http://$HOST/lib/library.cgi,new-tab)" &
else
$FIREFOX http://$HOST/lib/library.cgi &
fi
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