#!/bin/sh if [ $# != 0 ]; then echo 'dotoold runs dotool reading from a pipe for dotoolc to write to. dotoold will exit immediately if the pipe is already being read. The path used for the pipe is $DOTOOL_PIPE else /tmp/dotool_pipe. ' >&2 [ "$1" = -h ] || [ "$1" = --help ]; exit fi fifo_being_read(){ [ -p "$1" ] && /bin/echo 1<>"$1" >"$1" } p="${DOTOOL_PIPE:-/tmp/dotool_pipe}" if fifo_being_read "$p" 2> /dev/null; then echo 'dotoold: another instance is already connected' >&2 exit 1 fi rm -rf "$p" || exit 1 trap 'rm -rf "$p"; pkill -P $$; trap - EXIT; exit' EXIT INT TERM HUP mkfifo -m 660 "$p" || exit 1 dotool <> "$p" & wait