From bbbc1f3a751338ea5371b25da36ccff3255ba138 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Lemon <lemon@matthewlemon.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:00:31 +0000
Subject: better warnings regarding remind process

---
 remind.sh | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'remind.sh')

diff --git a/remind.sh b/remind.sh
index 526af5c..7a28935 100755
--- a/remind.sh
+++ b/remind.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ else
     DATETIME="$2"
     DESCRIPTION="$3"
 fi
-echo "$TARGETFILE"
 # Guard against bad file names
 if [[ "$TARGETFILE" != "home" && "$TARGETFILE" != "work" ]] ; then 
     echo -e "${red}Please provide either 'work' or 'home' as the first argument.$eescape"
@@ -84,8 +83,13 @@ fi
 COMMAND="REM $day ${MONTHS[$month]} $year AT $TIME +15 *5 MSG $DESCRIPTION %1"
 
 # main 
+# COMMENT THIS OUT WHEN TESTING ON LOCAL VM
+# --------------
+pid_cmd="pgrep remind"
+remind_command_msg="${brightyellow}Run '$remind_full' in a tmux window on $TW_HOOK_REMIND_REMOTE_HOST.$eescape"
 # first test if pid - if not exit (SCRIPT OBVIOUSLY WILL NOT PROCEED FOR TEST SERVER)
-[[ -z $(ssh $TW_HOOK_REMIND_REMOTE_HOST "$pid_cmd > /dev/null 2>&1") ]] && echo "Failed to get remind PID" && exit 1
+[[ -z $(ssh $TW_HOOK_REMIND_REMOTE_HOST "$pid_cmd") ]] && echo -e "${red}Failed to get remind PID. remind is not running.$eescape" && echo -e $remind_command_msg && exit 1
+# -------------
 
 ssh $TW_HOOK_REMIND_REMOTE_HOST "
 echo "$COMMAND" >> ~/.reminders/${TARGETFILE}.rem
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