head 1.1; access; symbols; locks; strict; comment @# @; 1.1 date 99.05.24.15.09.09; author ahuxley; state Exp; branches; next ; desc @BLINK REMINDER @ 1.1 log @Initial revision @ text @#!/usr/bin/ksh # warning - a bit of an hpuxism in the ps statement - it checks if ppid == 1 I=0 while [ "X`ps -p$$ -f | tail +2l | awk '{ print $3 }'`" != X1 ]; do [ `expr $I % 3` = 0 ] && TEXT="DROPS NOW!" || TEXT="BLINK NOW!" # redirecting stderr for ESO xmessage xmessage -c -bu ' DONE ' -bg black -fg white "$TEXT" 2>/dev/null I=`expr $I + 1` sleep 300 done @