Merge branch 'dev' of feistymeow.org:feisty_meow into dev

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / tty / keep_awake_process.sh

diff --git a/scripts/tty/keep_awake_process.sh b/scripts/tty/keep_awake_process.sh
index 7c32cef738a2b28c8ca5421f3617e0af3960e42e..683575b19c257fe73b0ce43de3512a277990064d 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/tty/keep_awake_process.sh
+++ b/scripts/tty/keep_awake_process.sh
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
 # This program is meant to be started by the program keep_awake and has
-# the basic guts that are meant to execute inside of a semi-perpetual loop.
+# the guts that are meant to execute inside of a semi-perpetual loop.
 
 source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"
 
+#hmmm: is there still a process management thingy, referred to below, active in our scripts???
 # save the process id for the goodbye program to deal with.
 #echo $$ >>$TMP/trash.last_keep_awake_process
 #don't let the shutdown guy know who we are; we want to keep running now.
 
 # loop sort of forever.
 while true; do
-# this version is for keeping a modem awake.
-#  ping -c 7 www.gruntose.com >/dev/null
-
-  echo "trying not to fall asleep at $(date_stringer)"
-  sleep 120
+  echo -e "\n\ntrying not to fall asleep at $(date_stringer)\n"
+  # magical number of seconds to sleep...
+  sleep 64
 done