[olug] .bash_profile and runlevels

[William E. Kempf]

Ryan ORourke said:
>
> Right now I have a command in .bash_profile that starts up a Wine
> session for an electronic In/Out board called "OutnAbout". The problem
> is that .bash_profile tries to start multiple instances of the program
> every time I log in remotely.
> Basically, I want .bash_profile to look and see if the program is
> running already and if so, not attempt to start it again.
> Also, I'd like to tell .bash_profile to only attempt to start the
> program if I'm in runlevel 5. Is that possible if I default to a text
> login?
> Using RedHat 8.0

Maybe you shouldn't be using .bash_profile to start this program?  Maybe
it should be installed as a service?

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William E. Kempf