[hackers] [PATCH] add option to run command after screen is locked

From: Markus Teich <markus.teich_AT_stusta.mhn.de>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 13:24:12 +0100

---
Heyho,
I wrote a patch to support running arbitrary commands after slock has
succesfully locked the screen. Mainly this is useful for suspending the system
after it has been locked like `slock s2ram`. If there are no objections, I will
merge it upstream.
--Markus
 slock.c | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/slock.c b/slock.c
index 6be8f22..b8d3d6e 100644
--- a/slock.c
+++ b/slock.c
_AT_@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ lockscreen(Display *dpy, int screen)
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
-	fprintf(stderr, "usage: slock [-v]\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "usage: slock [-v|POST_LOCK_CMD]\n");
 	exit(1);
 }
 
_AT_@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 	if ((argc == 2) && !strcmp("-v", argv[1]))
 		die("slock-%s, © 2006-2015 slock engineers\n", VERSION);
-	else if (argc != 1)
+
+	if ((argc == 2) && !strcmp("-h", argv[1]))
 		usage();
 
 #ifdef __linux__
_AT_@ -339,6 +340,13 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	if (argc >= 2 && fork() == 0) {
+		if (dpy)
+			close(ConnectionNumber(dpy));
+		execvp(argv[1], argv+1);
+		die("surf: execvp %s failed: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
+	}
+
 	/* Everything is now blank. Now wait for the correct password. */
 #ifdef HAVE_BSD_AUTH
 	readpw(dpy);
-- 
2.4.10
Received on Sat Dec 26 2015 - 13:24:12 CET

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