On 0, Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com> wrote: > begin quoting what Karsten M. Self said on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:18:58AM -0700: > > > > Not recommended. If X quits abnormally, it will also restart. What you > > want: > > > > startx_command && shutdown -h now > > > > ...which should only restart the system if X is exited normally. If it > > exits with a nonzero status, the system stays up. > > Stays up at a shell prompt. It's a kiosk, remember? > > Shell prompt == bad. Restart == less bad. So... while 0 ; do startx_command && shutdown -h now ; done will only shutdown when startx_command exits with error 0, otherwise it'll restart. Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide "That you're not paranoid does not mean they're not out to get you." - Robert Waldner Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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