Fix connection retry and zombie nc processes

README.md

@@ -24,10 +24,14 @@ installed (with [homebrew](http://brew.sh/)) by running:
 
 Then I read and react to these notifications with the follow bash functions:
 
+Change localhost to the remote machine where weechat is running
+
+    WEEHOST=localhost
+
     function irc-notification {
       TYPE=$1
       MSG=$2
-    
+
       terminal-notifier \
         -title IRC \
         -subtitle "$TYPE" \
@@ -39,9 +43,9 @@ Then I read and react to these notifications with the follow bash functions:
         -sound default \
         -group IRC
     }
-    
+
     function get-irc-notifications {
-      ssh remote.host.net 'nc -k -l -U /tmp/weechat.notify.sock' | \
+      ssh $WEEHOST 'killall nc ; rm -rf /tmp/weechat.notify.sock ; nc -k -l -U /tmp/weechat.notify.sock' | \
         while read type message; do
           irc-notification "$(echo -n $type | base64 -D -)" "$(echo -n $message | base64 -D -)"
         done

notifications.sh

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 #
 # Then run "get-irc-notifications" in a terminal after loading this script.
 
+# change accordingly
+WEEHOST=localhost
+
 function irc-notification {
   TYPE=$1
   MSG=$2
@@ -22,16 +25,16 @@ function irc-notification {
     -title IRC \
     -subtitle "$TYPE" \
     -message "$MSG" \
-    -appIcon ~/path/to/icon.png \
-    -contentImage ~/path/to/icon.png \
+    -appIcon ~/share/weechat.png \
+    -contentImage ~/share/weechat.png \
     -execute "/usr/local/bin/tmux select-window -t 0:IRC" \
     -activate com.apple.Terminal \
     -sound default \
     -group IRC
 }
 
 function get-irc-notifications {
-  ssh remote.host.net 'nc -k -l -U /tmp/weechat.notify.sock' | \
+  ssh $WEEHOST 'killall nc ; rm -rf /tmp/weechat.notify.sock ; nc -k -l -U /tmp/weechat.notify.sock' | \
     while read type message; do
       irc-notification "$(echo -n $type | base64 -D -)" "$(echo -n $message | base64 -D -)"
     done