#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# by Darren Patterson
# script to rotate bg in gnome 2
#  easiest use is to run on startup or put in crontab

use strict;
use Image::Size;

# minimum x and y dimension for image to stretch
my $minx = 800;
my $miny = 600;

# location of backgrounds directory
my $image_loc = "/home/darren/diamond/backup/My Documents/My Pictures"
+;

# debug?
my $debug = 0;
################################
# end of configurables
###############################

# open and read the image location dir
opendir (IMGS, "$image_loc") || die "can't opendir $image_loc: $!";
my @files = grep {/(jpg|gif|bmp|png)$/} readdir (IMGS);
closedir IMGS;

# perlmonks help on srand ;-)
srand (time ^ $$ ^ unpack "%L*", `ps axww | gzip`);
my $random = (int(rand $#files + 1));

# get the appropriate file
my $file = $files[$random];


# debug help
if ($debug) {print "$random - $file\n";}

# Get the size of the file
my ($xsize, $ysize) = imgsize("$image_loc/$file");


# set the bg first (otherwise it resizes the previous img before chang
+ing)
system("gconftool-2 --type=string --set /desktop/gnome/background/pict
+ure_filename \"$image_loc/$file\"");

# if dimensions are less than 800 x 600, center, else stretch it
if ( $xsize < $minx || $ysize < $miny)
{
        system("gconftool-2 --type=string --set /desktop/gnome/backgro
+und/picture_options centered");
}
else
{
        system("gconftool-2 --type=string --set /desktop/gnome/backgro
+und/picture_options stretched");
}

exit;
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