#! /bin/sh # # Put this line into your crontab (man crontab): # 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /path/to/miau/miau-check >/dev/null 2>&1 # # ...where /path/to/miau is likely either $HOME/miau or /usr/bin. # # This will check for a running miau every 10 minutes. # # Try to use locally installed miau if possible MIAUBIN="$HOME/miau/miau" test -f "$MIAUBIN" -a -x "$MIAUBIN" || MIAUBIN=miau # If miau can't be found automatically, you must define the location here # MIAUBIN=/somewhere/else/miau echo $MIAUBIN cd "$HOME/.miau/" if test -r pid; then PID=`cat pid` if `kill -USR1 $PID >/dev/null 2>&1`; then exit 0 fi rm -f pid fi echo "Starting miau..." "$MIAUBIN" exit 0