ahuarc-dotfiles/bin/headlessvnc

#!/bin/bash

# cd to the local VNC directory, exit if it fails
cd "${HOME}/.vnc" || exit 5

# Variable
verbs="start status stop restart help"

# echo bold text
echobf() {
    printf '\033[1m%s\033[0m\n' "$*"
}

# Print an error message
print_error() {
    (
        printf '\033[1;31m%s\033[0m ' "ERROR:"
        echobf "$*"
    ) > /dev/stderr
}

# Print an error and exit
error() {
    print_error "$1"
    shift
    exit "$1"
}

# Check if the VNC server is running
is_running() {
    vncserver -list | grep -q '^:1'
}

# Show a help message
public_help() {
    local name
    name="$(basename "$0")"
    cat << EOF
${name} - Start a VNC server

Usage:
    ${name} ${verbs// /|}
EOF
}

# Show the same help with an error
error_help() {
    print_error "Invalid usage"
    >&2 public_help
    return 1
}

# Start the VNC server
public_start() {
    if ! is_running; then
        set -e
        vncserver \
            -xstartup ./xstartup \
            -localhost \
            -alwaysshared \
            -securitytypes none
    else
        error "The VNC server is already running!" 4
    fi
}

# Check if the server is running
public_status() {
    if is_running; then
        echobf "The VNC server is running."
        tail "./$(hostname):1.log" | sed 's/^/\t/g'
    else
        echobf "The VNC server is not running."
    fi
}

# Stop the VNC server
public_stop() {
    if is_running; then
        vncserver -kill :1
    else
        error "The VNC server is not running!" 3
    fi
}

# Restart the VNC server
public_restart() {
    stop
    start
}

# Parse argument
if [ -n "$1" ]; then
    arg="$1"
else
    arg=status
fi

# Main switch
if echo "$verbs" | grep -q "$arg"; then
    "public_${arg}"
else
    error_help
fi