Add support for path_exists directive.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/man/i3status.man b/man/i3status.man
index 8c6f616..e18dbc7 100644
--- a/man/i3status.man
+++ b/man/i3status.man
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ general {
 order += "ipv6"
 order += "disk /"
 order += "run_watch DHCP"
-order += "run_watch VPN"
+order += "run_watch VPNC"
+order += "path_exists VPN"
 order += "wireless wlan0"
 order += "ethernet eth0"
 order += "battery 0"
@@ -81,10 +82,16 @@ run_watch DHCP {
         pidfile = "/var/run/dhclient*.pid"
 }
 
-run_watch VPN {
+run_watch VPNC {
+        # file containing the PID of a vpnc process
         pidfile = "/var/run/vpnc/pid"
 }
 
+path_exists VPN {
+        # path exists when a VPN tunnel launched by nmcli/nm-applet is active
+        path = "/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tun0"
+}
+
 tztime local {
         format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
 }
@@ -193,6 +200,15 @@ a specific application, such as a VPN client or your DHCP client is running.
 
 *Example format*: +%title: %status+
 
+=== Path-exists
+
+Checks if the given path exists in the filesystem. You can use this to check if
+something is active, like for example a VPN tunnel managed by NetworkManager.
+
+*Example order*: +path_exists VPN+
+
+*Example format*: +%title: %status+
+
 === Wireless
 
 Gets the link quality and ESSID of the given wireless network interface. You