From 60e61287543dfbbff58bd1ef79d627cf3ca5113d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Smith <luke@lukesmith.xyz>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:50:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] no ping and other tweaks

---
 .local/bin/cron/checkup       |  2 --
 .local/bin/cron/newsup        |  2 --
 .local/bin/statusbar/sb-price | 21 +++++++++++++++------
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.local/bin/cron/checkup b/.local/bin/cron/checkup
index 4cfb856..bd3c634 100755
--- a/.local/bin/cron/checkup
+++ b/.local/bin/cron/checkup
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 # Syncs repositories and downloads updates, meant to be run as a cronjob.
 
-ping -q -c 1 example.org > /dev/null || exit
-
 notify-send "📦 Repository Sync" "Checking for package updates..."
 
 sudo pacman -Syyuw --noconfirm || notify-send "Error downloading updates.
diff --git a/.local/bin/cron/newsup b/.local/bin/cron/newsup
index 29f2b3c..cc50e78 100755
--- a/.local/bin/cron/newsup
+++ b/.local/bin/cron/newsup
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # Set as a cron job to check for new RSS entries for newsboat.
 # If newsboat is open, sends it an "R" key to refresh.
 
-ping -q -c 1 example.org > /dev/null || exit
-
 /usr/bin/notify-send "📰 Updating RSS feeds..."
 
 pgrep -f newsboat$ && /usr/bin/xdotool key --window "$(/usr/bin/xdotool search --name newsboat)" R && exit
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-price b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-price
index a3fb457..42c84c1 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-price
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-price
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@
 currency="${4:-usd}"
 interval="@14d"	# History contained in chart preceded by '@' (7d = 7 days)
 dir="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/crypto-prices"
-pricefile="$dir/$1"
-chartfile="$dir/$1-chart"
+pricefile="$dir/$1-$currency"
+chartfile="$dir/$1-$currency-chart"
 
-updateprice() { ping -q -c 1 example.org >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
-	curl -s "$currency.rate.sx/1$1" > "$pricefile" &&
-	curl -s "$currency.rate.sx/$1$interval" > "$chartfile" ;}
+updateprice() { temp="$(mktemp)"
+	curl -s "$currency.rate.sx/1$1" > "$temp" &&
+		mv -f "$temp" "$pricefile" &&
+		curl -s "$currency.rate.sx/$1$interval" > "$temp" &&
+		mv -f "$temp" "$chartfile" ;}
 
 [ -d "$dir" ] || mkdir -p "$dir"
 
@@ -38,4 +40,11 @@ case $BLOCK_BUTTON in
 	6) "$TERMINAL" -e "$EDITOR" "$0" ;;
 esac
 
-printf "$3%0.2f$currency" "$(cat "$pricefile")"
+case "$currency" in
+	usd) symb="$" ;;
+	gbp) symb="£" ;;
+	eur) symb="€" ;;
+	btc) symb="₿" ;;
+esac
+
+printf "$3$symb%0.2f$after" "$(cat "$pricefile")"