goto x The next element will be printed at position 'x'.
+ gw_iface
+ Displays the default route's interface or "multiple"/"none" ac-
+ cordingly.
+
+
+ gw_ip Displays the default gateway's IP or "multiple"/"none" accord-
+ ingly.
+
+
hddtemp dev, (host,(port))
Displays temperature of a selected hard disk drive as reported
by the hddtemp daemon running on host:port. Default host is
$if_empty and the matching $endif
+ if_gw if there is at least one default gateway, display everything be-
+ tween $if_gw and the matching $endif
+
+
if_running (process)
- if PROCESS is running, display everything $if_running and the
+ if PROCESS is running, display everything $if_running and the
matching $endif
if_existing file (string)
- if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the
- matching $endif. The optional second paramater checks for FILE
- containing the specified string and prints everything between
+ if FILE exists, display everything between if_existing and the
+ matching $endif. The optional second paramater checks for FILE
+ containing the specified string and prints everything between
$if_existing and the matching $endif.
if_smapi_bat_installed (INDEX)
- when using smapi, if the battery with index INDEX is installed,
- display everything between $if_smapi_bat_installed and the
+ when using smapi, if the battery with index INDEX is installed,
+ display everything between $if_smapi_bat_installed and the
matching $endif
imap_messages (args)
Displays the number of messages in your global IMAP inbox by de-
- fault. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by
+ fault. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by
passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
- [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143, de-
+ [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143, de-
fault interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*',
you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
Displays the number of unseen messages in your global IMAP inbox
by default. You can define individual IMAP inboxes seperately by
passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
- [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143, de-
+ [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 143, de-
fault interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*',
you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
+ ioscheduler
+ Prints the current ioscheduler used for the given disk name
+ (i.e. e.g. "hda" or "sdb")
+
+
kernel Kernel version
+ laptop_mode
+ The value of /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
+
+
loadavg
(1,2,3)> System load average, 1 is for past 1 minute, 2 for past
5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes.
name, depending on whats available
+ nameserver (index)
+ Print a nameserver from /etc/resolv.conf. Index starts at and
+ defaults to 0.
+
+
new_mails (mailbox) (interval)
Unread mail count in the specified mailbox or mail spool if not.
Both mbox and maildir type mailboxes are supported.
pb_battery item
If running on Apple powerbook/ibook, display information on bat-
- tery status. The item parameter specifies, what information to
+ tery status. The item parameter specifies, what information to
display. Exactly one item must be specified. Valid items are:
status: Display if battery is fully charged, charging, discharg-
ing or absent (running on AC)
- percent: Display charge of battery in percent, if charging or
- discharging. Nothing will be displayed, if battery is fully
+ percent: Display charge of battery in percent, if charging or
+ discharging. Nothing will be displayed, if battery is fully
charged or absent.
time: Display the time remaining until the battery will be fully
- charged or discharged at current rate. Nothing is displayed, if
- battery is absent or if it's present but fully charged and not
+ charged or discharged at current rate. Nothing is displayed, if
+ battery is absent or if it's present but fully charged and not
discharging.
platform (dev) type n
- Platform sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be
- omitted if you have only one platform device. Platform type is
- either 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp'
+ Platform sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). Parameter dev may be
+ omitted if you have only one platform device. Platform type is
+ either 'in' or 'vol' meaning voltage; 'fan' meaning fan; 'temp'
(Celsius) or 'tempf' (Fahrenheit) meaning temperature. Parameter
- n is number of the sensor. See /sys/bus/platform/devices/ on
+ n is number of the sensor. See /sys/bus/platform/devices/ on
your local computer.
Displays the number of unseen messages in your global POP3 inbox
by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes seperately by
passing arguments to this object. Arguments are: "host user pass
- [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 110, de-
+ [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default port is 110, de-
fault interval is 5 minutes. If the password is supplied as '*',
you will be prompted to enter the password when Conky starts.
pop3_used (args)
- Displays the amount of space (in MiB, 2^20) used in your global
- POP3 inbox by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes
- seperately by passing arguments to this object. Arguments are:
- "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default
- port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes. If the password is
+ Displays the amount of space (in MiB, 2^20) used in your global
+ POP3 inbox by default. You can define individual POP3 inboxes
+ seperately by passing arguments to this object. Arguments are:
+ "host user pass [-i interval] [-p port] [-e command]". Default
+ port is 110, default interval is 5 minutes. If the password is
supplied as '*', you will be prompted to enter the password when
Conky starts.
smapi (ARGS)
- when using smapi, display contents of the /sys/devices/plat-
- form/smapi directory. ARGS are either '(FILENAME)' or 'bat (IN-
- DEX) (FILENAME)' to display the corresponding files' content.
- This is a very raw method of accessing the smapi values. When
+ when using smapi, display contents of the /sys/devices/plat-
+ form/smapi directory. ARGS are either '(FILENAME)' or 'bat (IN-
+ DEX) (FILENAME)' to display the corresponding files' content.
+ This is a very raw method of accessing the smapi values. When
available, better use one of the smapi_* variables instead.
smapi_bat_perc (INDEX)
- when using smapi, display the remaining capacity in percent of
- the battery with index INDEX. This is a separate variable be-
+ when using smapi, display the remaining capacity in percent of
+ the battery with index INDEX. This is a separate variable be-
cause it supports the 'use_spacer' configuration option.
smapi_bat_bar (INDEX),(height),(width)
- when using smapi, display the remaining capacity of the battery
+ when using smapi, display the remaining capacity of the battery
with index INDEX as a bar.
The connection index provides you with access to each connection
in the port monitor. The monitor will return information for in-
dex values from 0 to n-1 connections. Values higher than n-1 are
- simply ignored. For the "count" item, the connection index must
+ simply ignored. For the "count" item, the connection index must
be omitted. It is required for all other items.
Examples:
- ${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count} - displays the number of connec-
+ ${tcp_portmon 6881 6999 count} - displays the number of connec-
tions in the bittorrent port range
- ${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0} - displays the remote host ip of the
+ ${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 0} - displays the remote host ip of the
first sshd connection
- ${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9} - displays the remote host ip of the
+ ${tcp_portmon 22 22 rip 9} - displays the remote host ip of the
tenth sshd connection
${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rhost 0} - displays the remote host name of
the first connection on a privileged port
${tcp_portmon 1 1024 rport 4} - displays the remote host port of
the fifth connection on a privileged port
- ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14} - displays the local service
+ ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 lservice 14} - displays the local service
name of the fifteenth connection in the range of all ports
Note that port monitor variables which share the same port range
actually refer to the same monitor, so many references to a sin-
gle port range for different items and different indexes all use
- the same monitor internally. In other words, the program avoids
+ the same monitor internally. In other words, the program avoids
creating redundant monitors.
texeci interval command
- Runs a command at an interval inside a thread and displays the
- output. Same as $execi, except the command is run inside a
- thread. Use this if you have a slow script to keep Conky updat-
- ing. You should make the interval slightly longer then the time
- it takes your script to execute. For example, if you have a
- script that take 5 seconds to execute, you should make the in-
+ Runs a command at an interval inside a thread and displays the
+ output. Same as $execi, except the command is run inside a
+ thread. Use this if you have a slow script to keep Conky updat-
+ ing. You should make the interval slightly longer then the time
+ it takes your script to execute. For example, if you have a
+ script that take 5 seconds to execute, you should make the in-
terval at least 6 seconds. See also $execi.
rss url delay_in_minutes action item_num
- Download and parse RSS feeds. Action may be one of the follow-
- ing: feed_title, item_title (with num par), item_desc (with num
+ Download and parse RSS feeds. Action may be one of the follow-
+ ing: feed_title, item_title (with num par), item_desc (with num
par) and item_titles.
time (format)
- Local time, see man strftime to get more information about for-
+ Local time, see man strftime to get more information about for-
mat
tztime (timezone) (format)
- Local time for specified timezone, see man strftime to get more
- information about format. The timezone argument is specified in
- similar fashion as TZ environment variable. For hints, look in
+ Local time for specified timezone, see man strftime to get more
+ information about format. The timezone argument is specified in
+ similar fashion as TZ environment variable. For hints, look in
/usr/share/zoneinfo. e.g. US/Pacific, Europe/Zurich, etc.
totaldown net
- Total download, overflows at 4 GB on Linux with 32-bit arch and
+ Total download, overflows at 4 GB on Linux with 32-bit arch and
there doesn't seem to be a way to know how many times it has al-
ready done that before conky has started.
top type, num
- This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically,
- processes are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu us-
- age, which is what (num) represents. The types are: "name",
- "pid", "cpu", "mem", and "time". There can be a max of 10 pro-
+ This takes arguments in the form:top (name) (number) Basically,
+ processes are ranked from highest to lowest in terms of cpu us-
+ age, which is what (num) represents. The types are: "name",
+ "pid", "cpu", "mem", and "time". There can be a max of 10 pro-
cesses listed.
Upload speed in kilobytes with one decimal
- upspeedgraph net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour
+ upspeedgraph net (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour
2) (scale)
- Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
+ Upload speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If
scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph.
voffset (pixels)
- Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause
+ Change vertical offset by N pixels. Negative values will cause
text to overlap. See also $offset.
voltage_mv (n)
- Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs are counted from 1. If
+ Returns CPU #n's voltage in mV. CPUs are counted from 1. If
omitted, the parameter defaults to 1.
BUGS
Drawing to root or some other desktop window directly doesn't work with
all window managers. Especially doesn't work well with Gnome and it has
- been reported that it doesn't work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
- disabled from drawing to desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
- show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/. There is -w switch in
- Conky to set some specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree
- useful to find the window to draw to. You can also use -o argument
+ been reported that it doesn't work with KDE either. Nautilus can be
+ disabled from drawing to desktop with program gconf-editor. Uncheck
+ show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences/. There is -w switch in
+ Conky to set some specific window id. You might find xwininfo -tree
+ useful to find the window to draw to. You can also use -o argument
which makes Conky to create its own window.
SEE ALSO
projects / monky / commitdiff