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December 21, 2012 13:40
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # popup a small notification with 'notify-send' | |
| dis=`formail -X From: -X Subject:` | |
| from=`echo "$dis" | formail -X From:` | |
| sub=`echo "$dis" | formail -X Subject:` | |
| # tweaks < > are special | |
| from=${from//</\(} | |
| from=${from//>/\)} | |
| from=${from//&/\.} | |
| sub=${sub//</\(} | |
| sub=${sub//>/\)} | |
| sub=${sub//&/\.} | |
| sub=${sub:0:75} | |
| from=${from:0:75} | |
| TM=2000 | |
| pids=`pgrep -u alex gnome-panel` | |
| for pid in $pids; do | |
| # find DBUS session bus for this session | |
| DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=`grep -z DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS \ | |
| /proc/$pid/environ | sed -e 's/DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=//'` | |
| # use it | |
| DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS \ | |
| /usr/bin/notify-send -u normal -t $TM "$sub" "$from" | |
| done |
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