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commit c0caee8b9bb9e26a7db021e87f01dd99f109c415
parent 3d3022411cceca6b439b8bbffdef23a7e0db15bf
Author: Thuban <thuban@singularity.fr>
Date:   Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:01:05 +0200

fifo for dwmstatus. Please correct it, or throw stones.

Diffstat:
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dwm.suckless.org/dwmstatus/fifo.c
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41
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dwm.suckless.org/dwmstatus/index.md
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2
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2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dwm.suckless.org/dwmstatus/fifo.c b/dwm.suckless.org/dwmstatus/fifo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* 
+ * send anything in dwm status bar with fifo
+ * example : echo "hello" >> /tmp/dwm.fifo
+ * Author:  Xavier Cartron (XC), thuban@yeuxdelibad.net
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#define FIFO "/tmp/dwm.fifo"
+
+char *
+snotif()
+{
+    char buf[BUFSIZ];
+    buf[0] = '\0';
+
+    int f = open(FIFO, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
+    if (f == -1){
+        perror("fifo opening");
+        return smprintf("%s","");
+    }
+
+    if (read(f, buf, sizeof(buf) ) == -1){
+        perror("fifo read");
+        return smprintf("%s","");
+    }
+    close(f);
+
+    buf[strlen(buf)-1] = '\0';
+
+    return smprintf("%s",buf);
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/dwm.suckless.org/dwmstatus/index.md b/dwm.suckless.org/dwmstatus/index.md
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ add them here as file or as code example.
   /tmp/dwmbuf.
 * [Simple function to have uptime](uptime.c)
 * [Simple function to have mpd title/artist info](mpdstatus.c)
+* [Print any info in dwm status bar via fifo](fifo.c). Replaces
+  dynamic_info.
 
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