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+# ***** BEGIN GPL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+#
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# ***** END GPL LICENCE BLOCK *****
+
+
+bl_info = {
+    "name": "Render Notify",
+    "author": "Campbell Barton",
+    "version": (0, 0, 1),
+    "blender": (2, 65, 0),
+    "location": "Uses desktop notify facilities",
+    "description": "Notify when a rendered completes",
+    "warning": "Currently only Linux/Unix supported (using 'notify-send')",
+    "wiki_url": "http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6"
+                "/Py/Scripts/Render/Render_Notify",
+    "category": "Render"}
+
+# TODO. add Win/OSX support if possible.
+
+
+import bpy
+import time
+from bpy.app.handlers import persistent
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+timer = [0.0]
+
+
+def clean_float(text):
+    # strip trailing zeros: 0.000 -> 0.0
+    index = text.rfind(".")
+    if index != -1:
+        index += 2
+        head, tail = text[:index], text[index:]
+        tail = tail.rstrip("0")
+        text = head + tail
+    return text
+
+
+@persistent
+def render_begin(scene):
+    timer[0] = time.time()
+
+
+@persistent
+def render_complete(scene):
+    import os
+    import shlex
+    time_val = round(time.time() - timer[0], 2)
+    time_str = clean_float(str(timedelta(seconds=time_val)))
+    file_str = os.path.basename(bpy.data.filepath)
+    msg = "%s render complete in %s" % (file_str, time_str)
+    os.system("notify-send --app-name=Blender --icon=blender %s" %
+              shlex.quote(msg))
+
+
+def register():
+    bpy.app.handlers.render_complete.append(render_complete)
+    bpy.app.handlers.render_pre.append(render_begin)
+
+
+def unregister():
+    bpy.app.handlers.render_complete.remove(render_complete)
+    bpy.app.handlers.render_pre.remove(render_begin)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    register()