Re: Share Code: Laptop Lid State

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Subject	Re: Share Code: Laptop Lid State
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On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Devyn Collier Johnson
<devyncjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> Aloha everyone!
>
>    I attached a script that I thought I could share with everyone for your
> help. This Python3 script only works on Unix systems. It prints the current
> state of the lid. This can be used to make a script that performs some
> action when the lid is closed or open. The script is licensed under LGPLv3
> and I will soon upload it to my Launchpad account. Enjoy!

There's... no Python code in that. Why not simply
open("/proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state") and read from it, instead of
using cat and awk?

ChrisA

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Re: Share Code: Laptop Lid State Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-30 17:00 +0100

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