[LAU] another scripting question

Arnold Krille arnold at arnoldarts.de
Mon Feb 18 12:50:45 EST 2008


Am Montag, 18. Februar 2008 schrieb Dave Phillips:
> I'd like to add some conditional tests to my simple scripts. For
> example, I want to query the system to determine whether JACK is already
> running. If it is, I'll run an app (e.g. xine or AlsaPlayer) configured
> for JACK. If JACK is not running, I'll run the app without it.
> So how do I test for JACK in a simple bash shell script ?

I use the return-value of "pidof jackd" to start my cron-jobs only when no 
jackd is running...

Arnold
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