remove_old_rc

#!/bin/bash

# This script removes old rc files in $HOME/.config/xfce4/desktop/
# It keeps only the latest created

# Get process id of all inotifywait procs watching
# for moved_to events in $HOME/.config/xfce4/desktop/

notify_pid=`ps -eo pid,cmd | grep "inotifywait -m $HOME/.config/xfce4/desktop/ -e moved_to" | grep -v grep |  awk '{print $1}'`

# kill any watching job if any
for pid in $notify_pid; do
    kill -SIGKILL $pid
    wait $notify_pid >/dev/null 2>&1
done

cd $HOME/.config/xfce4/desktop

sleep 2

# When the icons are moved, temp file is created and moved to rc file

# Watching for file moved_to event with inotify
# inotifywait prints two lines, second one is ignored.

   inotifywait -m $HOME/.config/xfce4/desktop/ -e moved_to \
      | while read path action file && read dummy
        do

           # Nested loop lists all the rc files
           for rc_file in $HOME/.config/xfce4/desktop/*.rc
               do
                  # echo "$rc_file" "${path}${file%.*}"

                  # If the file is not the latest moved removes it
                  [[ "$rc_file" != "${path}${file%.*}" ]] && rm -v "${rc_file}"
               done

         # makes the backup rc file
         # cp "${path}${file%.*}" "${path}${file%.*}.backup"
         # echo "${path}${file%.*}" >> last_file.log
         notify-send "icon position saved" "${path}${file%.*}" -i gtk-info -t 2000
     done

exit 0