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Author Topic: What does "pidof jwm >/dev/null" in "pidof jwm >/dev/null && jwm -restart" do?  (Read 2725 times)

Offline bigpcman

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

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It checks if a process named jwm exists
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Offline bigpcman

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It checks if a process named jwm exists

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