[pulseaudio-discuss] pulseaudio --check command

[John]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Sean McNamara <smcnam at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's based on exit codes :)
>
> If pulseaudio is not running, the following command will not produce "Hello":
>
> pulseaudio --check && echo "Hello"
>
> If pulseaudio _is_ running, it will produce "Hello".
>
> Anything you need to do that involves checking for a running
> pulseaudio can be processed in a bash or sh shell like this:
>
> export PULSEAUDIO_RUNNING=0
> pulseaudio --check && export PULSEAUDIO_RUNNING=1
> if [ $PULSEAUDIO_RUNNING == 0 ]; then
>      echo "PulseAudio is not running."
> else
>      echo "PulseAudio is running."
> fi

Sean, thanks for turning on the lights!  I'll play with it now.

John