#!/bin/sh # Send the header so that i3bar knows we want to use JSON: echo '{"version":1}' # Begin the endless array. echo '[' # We send an empty first array of blocks to make the loop simpler: echo '[],' cd $(dirname $0) POTENTIAL_MPD_HOSTS="cubietruck mpid music.bingo localhost" find_mpd() { for host in $POTENTIAL_MPD_HOSTS do ping -c 1 $host >/dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then NEW_HOST="$host" break fi done } find_mpd export MPD_HOST="$NEW_HOST" while true do stdbuf -o L conky -c "conkyrc_$HOSTNAME" | stdbuf -i 0 -o 0 sed -f conky_bar.sed & CHILD_PID=$! NEW_HOST=$MPD_HOST until [ "$NEW_HOST" != "$MPD_HOST" ] do sleep 300 find_mpd done kill $CHILD_PID >/dev/null 2>&1 sleep 3 export MPD_HOST="$NEW_HOST" done