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watch xscreensaver for lock and unlock
#!/bin/sh
# Watch xscreensaver and react to status changes.
#
# Replaced my previous perl-based recipe with this:
# http://semicomplete.googlecode.com/svn/tools/xscreensaver-watch.sh
#
# Include somewhere in X session startup with:
#
# xscreensaver-watch &
lock() {
# Log this somewhere with `date` instead of just echoing.
echo `uname -n` screen is now blank
# Do other things here, like stop music playback & mute speakers.
}
unlock() {
# Log this somewhere with `date` instead of just echoing.
echo `uname -n` screen is now unblank
# Do other things here, like resume music playback & unmute speakers.
}
xscreensaver-command -watch | while read a; do
echo "$a" | grep -q '^LOCK' && lock
echo "$a" | grep -q '^UNBLANK' && unlock
done
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