Launcher-grid-buyer

#!/bin/bash


#turn off monitor screen saver. can't figure out the correct config file to edit, but it works when place here, so it is fine
xset s off         # don't activate screensaver
xset -dpms         # disable DPMS (Energy Star) features.
xset s noblank     # don't blank the video device








cd $HOME/Desktop/DistributedCharge

while true

do
	# stdbuf no longer seems to work right (might have on an older ubuntu version???)
	# instead need to use the -u option with python3 (and actually may no longer
	# need stdbuf at all with the -u option ???).
	# need to use the -u option to get outputs to be written in a timely manner.
	stdbuf -oL -eL python3 -u ./grid-buyer.py>>$HOME/.dc/output-grid-buyer.txt 2>&1

	#wait a second before relaunching
	#note, if the script was killed or died without allowing for the digital outputs to be transitioned to a low state, it will take 10 seconds to restart the script, which resets them at the start of the script.
	sleep 10

done