#!/bin/sh
# lets people watch your screen session over the web,
# for example to play nethack with an online audience. 
# see http://pixelfairy.org/quickies/screen.html for 
# a way to set up telnet for the same effect. this web 
# version is less effort, but slow in comparison.
# remember to also change the URL in head.txt
#
# run whatever in screen, and then this in the background
# from another shell (outside that screen session)
# after your done, remove the file so it stops flashing 
# in thier browser. sometimes the browser will stop refreshing,
# just hit reload
#
# pixelfairy made this in march 6 2006, its trivial. 
# public domain. have fun. let me know if you do anything
# neat with it. my email is pixel. the domain is gimp.org
#
# this uses refresh, which is non standard. 

SCREENBUFFER=~/watchshell/screenbuffer
HEAD=~/watchshell/watchshell_head.txt
TAIL=~/watchshell/watchshell_tail.txt
DEST=~/public_html/watchshell.html

while true; do
	screen -X hardcopy $SCREENBUFFER
	cat $HEAD $SCREENBUFFER $TAIL > $DEST
	sleep 1
done