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+# stolen from https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dwm#Restart_dwm
+# relaunch DWM if the binary changes, otherwise bail
+csum=""
+new_csum=$(sha1sum $(which dwm))
+while true
+do
+ if [ "$csum" != "$new_csum" ]
+ then
+ csum=$new_csum
+ dbus-launch dwm
+ else
+ exit 0
+ fi
+ new_csum=$(sha1sum $(which dwm))
+ sleep 0.5
+done