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Set environment variable for all of tmux shells when gnome-sessions gets restarted

To solve this problem, I need to set the environment variable DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS for all shells inside tmux every time I restart gnome without restarting tmux (this is often). How can I best ...
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Trigger action each time a file is modified [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can a bash script be hooked to a file? Is it possible to mount a mechanism to a file to perform an action (e.g. mark the change in some log file and such) each time the ...
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How to preload my .so everytime an application executes?

I've successfully used a hook under linux with this article: http://hackerboss.com/overriding-system-functions-for-fun-and-profit/ Now I want to make my .so file load every time espeak loads up. No ...
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How to execute a script on gdm login automatically for all users?

What file should I modify to execute some instructions when any user logs in through gdm? I tried /etc/bashrc but that is executed ony when starting bash (and each time an xterm is open). I'd like to ...
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How can I make scripts run when a file/directory changes in Linux (like Mac OS X’s launchd)? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can a bash script be hooked to a file? On Mac OS X, there’s a handy daemon called launchd which (amongst other things) allows you to have scripts run when files or ...
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Ssh login hook?

Is there a way to run a script/command every time a user connects using ssh? Can it be configured globally (i.e run the script when any user login)? I came across this question on Identica, but there ...
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Can a bash script be hooked to a file?

I want a script to sleep unless a certain file is modifed/deleted (or a file created in a certain directory, or ...). Can this be achieved in some elegant way? The simplest thing that comes to my mind ...