improved the code I just wrote

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/chili_change_detector b/chili_change_detector
index bf1bfec..a0269db 100755
--- a/chili_change_detector
+++ b/chili_change_detector
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ another_fifo="/tmp/pbot-ng_chili_change_detector_fifo"
 # other pbot-ng modules but I cba. This code is quite l33t actually because it
 # doesn't delay the messages at all unless two messages get delivered in two
 # minutes.
-while true
+tail -f "${another_fifo}" | while true
 do
-    read smile < "${another_fifo}" && echo "${smile}" >> "${bot_ipc}"
-    read -t 120 smile < "${another_fifo}" && echo "${smile}" >> "${bot_ipc}" ||
+    read smile && echo "${smile}" >> "${bot_ipc}"
+    read -t 120 smile && echo "${smile}" >> "${bot_ipc}" ||
     continue
     sleep 2m
 done &