#!/bin/bash
# by lcj (c) 2002.10.22
# thanks goes to: Cegla, star @ #gnome-art
# Purpose: Change randomly wallpaper in Gnome, when nautilus is set to draw desktop
# Usage: change the value: WALLPAPERS_LOCATION to directory with wallpapers,
# remember the / at the end. There should be no other files than the
# pictures intended for wallpaper in that directory
# version: 0.2
# history:
# 22-Oct-2002, version 0.2 Initial release
# 22-Oct-2002, changed to work with pictures from given directory
# 14-May-2003, finaly got a real RANDOM NUMBER!
#
# CONFIGURATION
# CHANGE THE DIR BELOW TO YOUR WALLPAPER DIRECTORY:
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WALLPAPERS_LOCATION="/home/lukasz/Graphics/wallpapers/"
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# END OF CONFIGURATION
# main code, lets enter the directory
cd $WALLPAPERS_LOCATION
# counting number of files
ile=`ls | wc -l | tr -d "[ ]"`
#reset counter to 1
counter=1
# now get every file name and put it ino pic[licznik] table
for i in `ls`
do
 pic[counter]=${WALLPAPERS_LOCATION}$i
 ((counter=counter+1))
done  
# now lets get the RANDOM number
which_pic=$(($RANDOM % $ile))
# set $ update the wallpaper
echo $which_pic
gconftool-2 --type string  --set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename ${pic[$which_pic]}