A pair of scripts to notify via Growl when a Skype user comes online

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I turned off most of Skype's pesky notifications. This pair of scripts allows 
you to be notified when a particular user becomes available. Since it is 
separate from the Skype application its settings can be customised individually 
in the Growl preference pane. I have mine set to play a sound and show the 
notification as a bezel.

It probably isn't necessary for this to be two seperate scripts. At some point
I should look in to consolidating them into one AppleScript or one Ruby scirpt.
Probably the former.

get_skype_user_status.scpt

-- This is an AppleScript (in case GitHub doesn't work it out)
on run argv
	if length of argv < 1 then
		-- Probably should return an error or something
		return
	end if
	tell application "Skype"
		return send command "GET USER " & item 1 of argv & " ONLINESTATUS" script name "get_skype_user_status.scpt"
	end tell
end run

skype_pounce.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

if ARGV.size < 1
	puts "Usage: skype_pounce <username>"
	exit 2
end

user = ARGV[0]
user_status='UNKNOWN'
while user_status != 'ONLINE'
	sleep 30
	# XXX You will need to change this path if you are not wmoore
	user_status = `osascript "/Users/wmoore/Source/skype-pounce/get_skype_user_status.scpt" "#{user}"`
	user_status = user_status.split[-1]
end

time = Time.now.ctime
system('growlnotify', '-t', 'Skype Pounce', '-n', 'Skype Pounce', '-s', '-a', 'Skype', '-m', "#{user} is online\n#{time}")