[plug] Boot-up programs question

Brad Campbell brad at seme.com.au
Wed Mar 7 15:55:32 WST 2001


Matt Kemner wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Phil Steege wrote:
> 
> > How do I have just one instance start-up when I initially login, and not
> > each time a new window is opened?
> 
> By "log in" you mean into X, right?
> 
> Try adding it to your .xinitrc, or to the InitFunction (or equivalent) of
> your favourite window manager.
> 
>  - Matt

Yeah.. wot Matt said...
Also, how about doing a conditional based on ps a | grep progname
so as not to start it if it's already running..

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