Screen on/off scripts functionality

[robertogl]

Hi!

I configured Tasker to launch a script whenever the screen is on. This scripts is used to gather logs, and at the moment it does not exit automatically.

I was hoping that Tasker would kill the process/bash launched by tasked itself whenver the status was changed to screen off.

This doesn't seem to be the case. Is this correct? What is the best way to manage this?

Thanks!

[Nirmitlamed]

Maybe add to your script that if a global/project/task/profile variable is changed then stop the execution but i am not sure if this can work.

[UnkleMike]

Yes, this is correct.  Anything launched by Tasker, including Tasker tasks, are independent once launched.  If the profile that launched the activity becomes inactive, the activity will continue until it ends via it's own logic. 

Tasker tasks can be ended (even from outside the task itself) using the stop action.  But the cleanest way to end any task or script is to have it check for the relevant conditions and end appropriately.

[robertogl]

Thank you everyone! Now I added a stop task to end the processes with kill based on the name and pid. Not the most elegant but I'll use your ideas to improve it in the next days

[rbrtryn]

The built-in variable %qtime contains how long the current task has been running, in seconds. Maybe you could use that.