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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Check whether a process is alive or not Post 302119638 by radoulov on Thursday 31st of May 2007 06:08:45 AM
Old 05-31-2007
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Originally Posted by matrixmadhan
Am sorry,
what is the need for 2 pipes
[...]
Logical OR.

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[...]and where do you count the number of instances ?
You don't need it when checking $count == 0 ...
 

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pipes(6x)							XScreenSaver manual							 pipes(6x)

NAME
pipes - fill the screen with a plumbing system. SYNOPSIS
pipes [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-count 0] [-count 1] [-cycles number] [-size number] [-factory number] [-delay number] [-no-fisheye] [-tightturns] [-db] [-fps] DESCRIPTION
If you've ever been in the same room as a Windows NT machine, you've probably seen this GL hack. It fills the screen with a plumbing sys- tem. OPTIONS
-visual visual Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. -root Draw on the root window. -count 0 Curved Pipes. -count 1 Ball Joints. -cycles number Number of pipe systems to draw at once. Default: 5. -size number Length of each pipe system. Default: 500. -factory number How much gadgetry to create; Useful range is 0-10. Default: 2. -delay number How long (in microseconds) to sleep between frames. Default: 10000. -fisheye | -no-fisheye Whether to use a fisheye lens. -tightturns | -no-tightturns Whether to allow tight turns. -db | -no-db Whether to double-buffer. -fps Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number. XENVIRONMENT to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1) COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 by Marcelo Vianna. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. AUTHOR
Marcelo Vianna. X Version 11 5.15 (28-Sep-2011) pipes(6x)
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