1 #!/bin/bash

2

3 # depends on: dzen2, package-query, yaourt and inotifywait (included in

4 # inotify-tools)

5 #

6 # % sudo crontab -l -u root

7 # 20 * * * * yaourt -Sy

8

9 TMPFILE="/tmp/updateslist"

10 FONT="-adobe-helvetica-medium-*-normal-*-12-*-75-*-*-*-*-*"

11

12 while :

13 do

14 pc=$(package-query -QAu 2> "/dev/null" | tee "/tmp/updateslist" | wc -l)

15

16 if [ "$pc" -gt 1 ]; then # found some

17 echo -e "^fg(#FF0000)$pc updates^fg()\n$(cat $TMPFILE)" | dzen2 -p -h 22 -ta l -l $pc -fn $FONT -bg black &

18 elif [ "$pc" -eq 1 ]; then # found something

19 echo -e "^fg(#FF0000)1 update^fg()\n$(cat $TMPFILE)" | dzen2 -p -h 22 -ta l -l $pc -fn $FONT -bg black &

20 else

21 echo -e "no updates" | dzen2 -p -h 22 -ta l -fn $FONT -bg black &

22 fi

23 inotifywait "/var/lib/pacman/local/"

24 done