libpurple/plugins/startup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Makes sure only one purple instance is running
#
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from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function

import os
import sys

import dbus


if len(sys.argv) == 1:
    print("Usage:", sys.argv[0], "<purple-client> [arguments]")
    print("\nExample:\n   ", sys.argv[0], "pidgin -d -c /my/home")
    sys.exit(1)

home = os.path.expanduser('~/.purple/')
for arg in range(1, len(sys.argv[1:])):
    if sys.argv[arg] == "-c":
        home = os.path.expanduser(sys.argv[arg + 1])
        break

bus = dbus.SessionBus()

try:
    obj = bus.get_object("im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService",
                         "/im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject")
    purple = dbus.Interface(obj, "im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterface")
    userdir = purple.PurpleUserDir()
    if not os.path.isabs(userdir):
        userdir = os.path.join(purple.PurpleHomeDir(), userdir)
    if home == userdir:
        print("Already running.")
        purple.PurpleBlistShow()
    else:
        print("Starting client from a different home directory.")
        raise
except:
    os.execlp(sys.argv[1], " ".join(sys.argv[2:]))