On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Daniel Bryan <danbryan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I run dwm with a custom C program to update the status bar. > > So far I can check everything without needing to exec(), e.g. through > libmpd, parsing /proc/meminfo, and so on. > > Is there a way to interface with the netctl profile system from C? I > really just want to find the currently actively profile. > > I pulled down the code for netctl with abs and it seems to amount > largely to shell scripts that will with stuff in /sys. It doesn't look > too daunting, but I'd prefer a native interface if one exists. > > Thanks, > > Daniel > netctl profiles are actually systemd units: if the profile is "foo" then the unit is "netctl@foo.service". And systemd has a C interface by using dbus, I think... HTH -- Rodrigo
