CDNWiki - View Source: KnowledgeBase/Scripts/ff.sh

<code brush="bash">
#!/bin/bash

# If passed nothing, about:blank.
# If passed a single filename, prepend file://cwd/ to it.
# If passed a single pathname, check if it's absolute or relative.
#  If absolute, prepend file://
#  If relative, prepend cwd, realpath(), then prepend file://
# If passed a URL, do nothing to it.

# Check if firefox is running (ping)
# If firefox isn't running, start it naked first, and check to see when it starts pinging. (timeout 60 seconds or so)
# Pass the URL to firefox via -remote openURL()

# If multiple parameters are passed, they had better be escaped properly. Treat each as a separate file/path/url
#  and openURL() each.

# Select action based on command name (ffw = new windows, ffo = all URLs in tabs of new window, ff = new tabs)
me="$(basename "${0}")"
if [ "${me}" = "ffw" ]
then
	action="new-window"
elif [ "${me}" = "ffo" ]
then
	action="new-window"
	nextaction="new-tab"
else
	action="new-tab"
fi

# Parse the arguments to launch things.

startff() {
	url="$1"
	action="$2"

	# Check if firefox is running. If not, start naked
	if ! /usr/bin/firefox -a firefox -remote "ping()"
	then
		( cd ~; exec /usr/bin/firefox ) &
		timeout=30
		while ! /usr/bin/firefox -a firefox -remote "ping()"
		do
			sleep 1
			if [ "$(( timeout-- ))" -lt 1 ]
			then
				# Not responding. Kill ourselves.
				echo "Not responding."
				exit 64
			fi
		done
	fi

	# Should be running now.
	if ! /usr/bin/firefox -a firefox -remote "openURL(${url},${action})"
	then
		echo "Fail: openURL(${url},${action})"
	fi
}

if [ "${#}" -eq 0 ]
then
	startff "about:blank" ${action}
	exit 0
fi

while [ -n "${1}" ]
do
	spec="${1}"

	# Check if it's a URL (://)
	if [ -n "$(echo "${spec}" | grep "://")" ]
	then
		# url
		url="${spec}"
	else
		# Check if it's a file.
		if [ "${spec:0:1}" = "/" ]
		then
			# Absolute path
			url="$(printf "file://%s" "${spec}")"
		else
			# Relative path
			url="$(printf "file://%s/%s" "${PWD}" "${spec}")"
		fi
	fi

	startff "${url}" "${action}"

	if [ -n "${nextaction}" ]
	then
		action="${nextaction}"
		unset nextaction
	fi

	shift
done

exit 0

# Legacy code below here.
if [ -z "${*}" ]
then
	url="about:blank"
elif [ -z "$(echo ${*} | grep "://")" ]
then
	# Assemble a 'local' URL
	url="$(printf "file://%s/%s" "$(pwd)" "${*}")"
else
	url="${*}"
fi

echo ${url}
exec /usr/bin/firefox -a firefox -remote "openURL(${url},new-tab)"
</code>