libpurple/plugins/startup.py

   1 #!/usr/bin/env python
   2 #
   3 # Makes sure only one purple instance is running
   4 #
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   7 # source distribution.
   8 #
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  22 #
  23
  24 import sys
  25 import dbus
  26 import os
  27
  28 if len(sys.argv) == 1:
  29         print "Usage:", sys.argv[0], """<purple-client> [arguments]
  30
  31 Example:
  32         """, sys.argv[0], "pidgin -d -c /my/home"
  33         sys.exit(1)
  34
  35 home = os.path.expanduser('~/.purple/')
  36 for arg in range(1, len(sys.argv[1:])):
  37         if sys.argv[arg] == "-c":
  38                 home = os.path.expanduser(sys.argv[arg + 1])
  39                 break
  40
  41 bus = dbus.SessionBus()
  42
  43 try:
  44         obj = bus.get_object("im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService", "/im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject")
  45         purple = dbus.Interface(obj, "im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterface")
  46         userdir = purple.PurpleUserDir()
  47         if not os.path.isabs(userdir):
  48                 userdir = os.path.join(purple.PurpleHomeDir(), userdir)
  49         if home == userdir:
  50                 print "Already running."
  51                 purple.PurpleBlistShow()
  52         else:
  53                 print "Starting client from a different home directory."
  54                 raise
  55 except:
  56         os.execlp(sys.argv[1], " ".join(sys.argv[2:]))