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Yeah it is a tad gross but here is my first (and probably only) attempt: ---------------- 8< ---------------- #!/bin/bash pipe=/tmp/testpipe trap "rm -f $pipe" EXIT if [[ ! -p $pipe ]]; then mkfifo $pipe fi mplayer -slave -playlist "http://my.icecast.stream/music" > /tmp/testpipe 2> /dev/null & while true do if read line <$pipe; then echo $line /bin/dothing "$line&qu...

On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 11:19:43AM +0000, Philipp Schafft wrote: > > pipe=/tmp/testpipe > > There are tools to make tempfiles such as mktemp(1). You can also > consider using $$. > > mkfifo $pipe mktemp makes actual files, not pipes/fifos. -- Paul Martin <pm at nowster.me.uk>

Good Afternoon, On Fri, 2018-11-09 at 23:53 +1300, jake wrote: > Yeah it is a tad gross but here is my first (and probably only) attempt: See a few comments inline. :) > ---------------- 8< ---------------- > #!/bin/bash > > pipe=/tmp/testpipe There are tools to make tempfiles such as mktemp(1). You can also consider using $$. > trap "rm -f $pipe" EXIT > > if [[ ! -p $pipe ]]; then > mkfifo $pipe > fi > > mplayer -slave -playlist "http://my.icecast.stream/music" > > /tmp/testpipe 2...

Couldn't you also just have a client stream locally from icecast that can do things on metadata change? I mean it's a bit icky but it'd work. ---- Philipp Schafft wrote ---- >Good morning, > >On Thu, 2018-11-08 at 12:45 -0500, Alex Hackney wrote: >> I actually got this to work this morning finally. The problem was on my >> auth server. > >Perfect. :) >