notifyme

#!/usr/bin/env sh
#
# notifyme - Run any command and open an X window to notify when it finishes
# Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo@sdfg.com.ar>
#
# $1..$N: the command you want to run and its arguments
#
# For example, run like this:
# 	notifyme make
#
# And it will open an X window when the command finishes. You can also click on
# snooze to be notified again in 1 minute.
#
# It uses xmessage, present in x11-utils, so you probably already have it.

eval "$@"
ret=$?

notify_cmd="xmessage -nearmouse -buttons okay:0,snooze:2 Finished with retcode $ret when running: $@"
until $notify_cmd; do
	sleep 60
done