Battery: unnecessary external calls to /usr/bin/cat removed

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/Plugins/Monitors/Batt.hs b/src/Plugins/Monitors/Batt.hs
index 0bb64d5..c9ea220 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/Monitors/Batt.hs
+++ b/src/Plugins/Monitors/Batt.hs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ haveAc :: FilePath -> IO Bool
 haveAc f = do
   exists <- fileExist ofile
   if exists
-    then fmap ((== "1\n") . B.unpack) (catRead ofile)
+    then fmap ((== "1\n") . B.unpack) (B.readFile ofile)
     else return False
   where ofile = sysDir </> f
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ readBattery files =
                         (3600 * b / 1000000) -- wattseconds
                         (c / 1000000) -- volts
                         (d / c) -- amperes
-    where grab = fmap (read . B.unpack) . catRead
+    where grab = fmap (read . B.unpack) . B.readFile
 
 readBatteries :: BattOpts -> [Files] -> IO Result
 readBatteries opts bfs =
diff --git a/src/Plugins/Monitors/Common.hs b/src/Plugins/Monitors/Common.hs
index cc1a6a7..27ab41c 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/Monitors/Common.hs
+++ b/src/Plugins/Monitors/Common.hs
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ module Plugins.Monitors.Common (
                        -- * Threaded Actions
                        -- $thread
                        , doActionTwiceWithDelay
-                       , catRead
                        ) where
 
 
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ import Numeric
 import Text.ParserCombinators.Parsec
 import System.Console.GetOpt
 import Control.Exception (SomeException,handle)
-import System.Process (readProcess)
 
 import Plugins
 -- $monitor
@@ -441,6 +439,3 @@ getData action var d =
     do threadDelay d
        s <- action
        modifyMVar_ var (\_ -> return $! s)
-
-catRead :: FilePath -> IO B.ByteString
-catRead file = B.pack `fmap` readProcess "/bin/cat" [file] ""