[olug] .bash_profile and runlevels

[Vincent]

Something like this?
[ ! `pidof OutnAbout` ] || [`runlevel | awk '{print $NF}'` -eq 5 ] && nohup OutnAbout &

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan O'Rourke" <ryano at ch-gifts.com>
To: <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 9:19 AM
Subject: [olug] .bash_profile and runlevels


> 
> 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
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> -- Ryan
> 
> 
> 
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