#!/usr/bin/perl -w # This little program sets my background image # randomly in blackbox (and now openbox). # It's called when I startx. $backdrop_directory = "/home/willyyam/crap/backdrop/"; # Set this to your backdrop files directory. opendir(BD, "$backdrop_directory") or die; # Normally we'd report errors, but since we will be # running this via script and discarding the STDOUT # that it generates, that would be a waste of time. @backdrops = readdir(BD); # Grab the contents of the backdrop directory. @spordkcab = reverse(@backdrops); pop(@spordkcab); pop(@spordkcab); # The first two entries readdir() finds are # . and .. We don't want to hand these # entries to bsetbg, so I reverse the array # and do away with them. There is a smooth, # tidy way to do this. I don't care :-) $pic_o_the_moment = $spordkcab[ rand @spordkcab]; $pic_o_the_moment = $backdrop_directory . $pic_o_the_moment; `/home/willyyam/bin/bsetbg $pic_o_the_moment &`; # This the program call to bbsetbg, written by # tmk@lordzork.com, is what does all the work -- # I just call it. exit; # William O'Higgins yam@nerd.cx