preload-daemon

#!/bin/bash

#runs in the background and refreshes all the list files

DIRECTORY="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$(dirname "$0")")")"

function error {
  echo -e "\e[91m$1\e[39m"
  exit 1
}

#variable 1 is yad or xlunch
#variable 2 is 'once', if you only want this to run once and exit.

if [ "$(pgrep preload-daemon | wc -l)" -gt 2 ];then
  #echo "Another instance of preload-daemon is already running. Exiting now."
  exit 0
fi

#generate list of folders to preload, including special folders
folders="$(cat "${DIRECTORY}/data/categories/structure" | awk -F '|' '{print $2}' | sort | uniq | grep .)
Installed
All Apps"
#echo "$folders"

[ "$1" != yad ] && [ "$1" != xlunch ] && [ ! -z "$1" ] && error "Unrecognized list format $1"

#runs every 30 secs for 10 mins
for i in {1..20};do
  IFS=$'\n'
  "${DIRECTORY}/preload" "$1" &>/dev/null
  for folder in $folders ; do
    echo "Preloading $folder..."
    "${DIRECTORY}/preload" "$1" "$folder" &>/dev/null
  done
  [ "$2" == 'once' ] && exit 0
  sleep 30
done