From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28016 invoked by alias); 14 Jul 2010 11:45:20 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 15188 Received: (qmail 19139 invoked from network); 14 Jul 2010 11:45:08 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at smasher.org designates 69.55.237.145 as permitted sender) cc: zsh-users@zsh.org Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:45:01 +1200 (NZST) From: Atom Smasher In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1007142325160.5546@smasher> MIME-Version: 1.0 OpenPGP: id=0xB88D52E4D9F57808; algo=1 (RSA); size=4096; url=http://atom.smasher.org/pgp.txt References: <1007130241570.5546@smasher> <201007121737.21296.joke@seiken.de> <201007121745.20332.joke@seiken.de> <20100712161519.GO1499@prunille.vinc17.org> <1007140055140.5546@smasher> Subject: Re: zsh portable script To: "Benjamin R. Haskell" X-POM: The Moon is Waxing Crescent (11% of Full) X-Hashcash: 1:20:1007141145:zsh@benizi.com::2o0/bBReGeDtPSWq:0000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000005Fd8 X-Hashcash: 1:20:1007141145:zsh-users@zsh.org::CMy7sOTfj683ON/9:0000000000000000 0000000000000000000000003ARj On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote: > Are permissions the reason you suggest running it under cron? Otherwise, > why not just regenerate in precmd()? ================= now i remember why i'm running under cron, instead of in precmd... http://smasher.org/tmp/zsh-bsd-sysctl-slow.png freebsd's sysctl is way too slow to invoke every time i draw a prompt. linux's /sys/ and /proc/ are reasonably fast, but i already had a cron job written for bsd, and very minor changes were needed to make it work with linux. i guess i'll leave it alone for now, but if i find a way to get that battery info from freebsd more quickly i'll think about adding the battery functionality directly into the zshrc. -- ...atom ________________________ http://atom.smasher.org/ 762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808 ------------------------------------------------- "In fact a vegan driving a hummer would be contributing less greenhouse gas carbon emissions than a meat eater riding a bicycle." -- Capt Paul Watson, A Very Inconvenient Truth