[ubuntu-uk] Re: Running commands from bash in an xterm when logging-in (to X session)?

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Magnus Therning wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 12:25:14PM +0100, Chris Beauchamp wrote:
> 
>>Magnus Therning wrote:
>>
>>
>>>What you could do is make sure it's only done once, i.e. for the first
>>>terminal that's started. Sticking something like this in ~/.bashrc might
>>>do:
>>>
>>> [[ -f /tmp/todo_done ]] || ( cat ~/TODO; touch /tmp/todo_done )
>>
>>Of course, this will only ever display it once, and for only one user...
>>a refinement maybe:
>>
>>
>>[[ -f /tmp/todo_done$USER ]] || ( cat ~/TODO; touch /tmp/todo_done$USER )
>>
>>and in /etc/crontab
>>
>>0 6 * * * root rm /tmp/todo_done*
>>
>>to delete all the flags at 6am
> 
> 
> It might be further refined for multi-user use:
> 
> [[ ! -f /tmp/todo_done$USER -a -f ~/TODO ]] && \
>      ( cat ~/TODO; touch /tmp/todo_done$USER )
> 
> That can then be put in /etc/bash.bashrc.
> 
> /M

Hi,

Couldn't you just do this (I've not tested either of these btw):

RUNNING=`ps | grep bash | grep -v grep`
if [ -z "$RUNNING" ]
then
cat ~TODO
fi


It saves creating a temporary file and using the crontab then.

Failing that then
RUNNING-`ps | grep bash -c`
# two, one for the bash shell that is executing this file, and
# one to match the grep and
if [ "$RUNNING" -eq 2 ]
then
cat ~TODO
fi

Regards,
Dean
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