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Title: What does "pidof jwm >/dev/null" in "pidof jwm >/dev/null && jwm -restart" do?
Post by: bigpcman on June 03, 2009, 01:33:27 PM

TC2.0rc4 - In jwm_restart, what does "pidof jwm >/dev/null" in "pidof jwm >/dev/null" && jwm -restart" do?

Title: Re: What does "pidof jwm >/dev/null" in "pidof jwm >/dev/null && jwm -restart" do?
Post by: curaga on June 03, 2009, 01:41:27 PM

It checks if a process named jwm exists

Title: Re: What does "pidof jwm >/dev/null" in "pidof jwm >/dev/null && jwm -restart" do?
Post by: bigpcman on June 03, 2009, 02:09:06 PM

Quote from: curaga on June 03, 2009, 01:41:27 PM

It checks if a process named jwm exists

I had forgotten the obvious - && will execute the second command if the first one succeeds.