my 2 cents

[paleksic]

I hate java apps, using open source Limewire with blackdown-sdk isnt fun at all. Actually Limewire is the only java application that in some weird cases bring my desktop to knees, trust me fork() bombing is kiddie compared to Limewire agresive CPU usage! For that purpose i made new account and with little pam.d hacking i have set maximum cpu usage limit to 5 min. That fixed forced reboots. But that is not only problem i have had with doomed Limewire. Sometimes i have big downloads >300Mb, considering my bandwidth 64k/s ( dialup ) there is no room for trashed , wasted , unused network. But Limewire does not respect my freedom nor my money, there was once 75% finished 450Mb big file, leaving it over night to finish what was left and than in the morrning checking status bar gives 89%. Ok that means there was no peers online to share, or my link was disconected, no big deal! What? It was big deal, hitting preview button show nothing, hitting twice again nothing. Opening Incomplete library was big suprise….. all and i mean ALL files are gone.. trashed, abused, kidnaped who knows. First on my mind was filling bug report, but fill it with what? All logs are crystal clear, no errors reported. All i know is my link was disconected at 4am and limewire not knowing that continued search for new peers. Why that lead to mass file deletion? I guess we ( the non java gurus ) will newer know! Anyway here is little bash script that monitors for active ppp connections if there is non it backup ~/Incomplete/download.* Question is can something similar be adopted by limewire devs? This problem hit me couple of times

#!/bin/bash
 #Backup Limewire download
 #paleksic@verat.net
 #
 #Adjust paths and pid numbers, run from crontab 
 #It's quick and dirty. No Warranties
 #
 if [ -f $HOME/backup/downloads.dat ]
 then
         echo -e "We have backup here. \nQuiting"
 else
         if [ -d /proc/15262 ] # pppd PID number. Change to match yours! 
         then
                 echo -e "pppd alive. \nQuiting"
         else
                 echo -e "pppd dead. \nMaking backup" ;
                 cp $HOME/Incomplete/downloads* $HOME/backup/
         fi
 fi
 
         if [ -f $HOME/lime/T-149541964-Revolution\ OS.mpg ]
         then
                 echo -e "Movie here \nQuiting"
         else
                 if [ -d /proc/15262 ]
                 then
                         echo "pppd alive \nQuiting"
                 else
                         echo "pppd dead \nMaking backup" ;
                         cp /home/paleksic/Incomplete/T-149541964-Revolution\ OS.mpg /home/paleksic/lime/ ;
                 fi      
         fi