Epiphany launcher script

[htor]

Hi,
Here is the script (I didn't want to deal with writing epiphany extensions) that I use in my epiphany launcher in order to keep him clean :


#! /bin/sh

epiphany &
sleep 5

while [ `ps -C epiphany -o cmd|wc -w` -eq 2 ]
do
sleep 5
done

rm -r /home/papa/.gnome2/epiphany/mozilla/epiphany/Cache
rm /home/papa/.gnome2/epiphany/mozilla/epiphany/cookies.txt
rm /home/papa/.gnome2/epiphany/ephy-history.xml

What do you think? anyone has suggestions how can I to improve this script ?

[seamless]

Another way you could check to see if it is still running is to check /proc for the pid instead of calling ps every time. You may want to add a redirect for any errors with the rm in case one of th items you are deleting doesn't exist. (think you call the script twice).

The script would be changed to look like this:

#! /bin/sh
epiphany &
PID=$!
sleep 5

while [ -d /proc/$PID ]; do
sleep 5
done

rm -r /home/papa/.gnome2/epiphany/mozilla/epiphany/Cache 2>&-
rm /home/papa/.gnome2/epiphany/mozilla/epiphany/cookies.txt 2>&-
rm /home/papa/.gnome2/epiphany/ephy-history.xml 2>&-

[htor]

Thanks, your version looks much more elegant.