On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:34 AM, J. Bakshi <j.bakshi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> it works well. But if I try to add command substitution ( with in back-qoutes ) to dynamically collect the user name , it stops working. The rule is like
>
> ```````````````
> ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ENV{ID_CLASS}="mouse", ENV{DISPLAY}=":0.0", ENV{XAUTHORITY}="/home/user1/.Xauthority" RUN+="/bin/su `ps aux | grep startx | grep '/bin/sh' | awk '{print $1}'` -c "DISPLAY=:0.0 notify-send "test" "
> ``````````````````````````
>
I do not think udev is using shell to start external commands. You
will need to use something like
RUN+="/bin/sh -c '...'"
Quoting will quickly become unmanageable I am afraid :)
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