diff --git a/dwmblocks/Makefile b/dwmblocks/Makefile
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+PREFIX  := /usr/local
+CC      := cc
+CFLAGS  := -pedantic -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Os
+LDFLAGS := -lX11
+
+# FreeBSD (uncomment)
+#LDFLAGS += -L/usr/local/lib -I/usr/local/include
+# # OpenBSD (uncomment)
+#LDFLAGS += -L/usr/X11R6/lib -I/usr/X11R6/include
+
+all: options dwmblocks
+
+options:
+	@echo dwmblocks build options:
+	@echo "CFLAGS  = ${CFLAGS}"
+	@echo "LDFLAGS = ${LDFLAGS}"
+	@echo "CC      = ${CC}"
+
+dwmblocks: dwmblocks.c blocks.def.h blocks.h
+	${CC} -o dwmblocks dwmblocks.c ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}
+
+blocks.h:
+	cp blocks.def.h $@
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.o *.gch dwmblocks
+
+install: dwmblocks
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
+	cp -f dwmblocks ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
+	chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/dwmblocks
+
+uninstall:
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/dwmblocks
+
+.PHONY: all options clean install uninstall
diff --git a/dwmblocks/blocks.h b/dwmblocks/blocks.h
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+++ b/dwmblocks/blocks.h
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+//Modify this file to change what commands output to your statusbar, and recompile using the make command.
+static const Block blocks[] = {
+	/*Icon*/	/*Command*/		/*Update Interval*/	/*Update Signal*/
+
+    {"^d^ ^b#ffffff^^c#000000^   ^d^ ", " free -h | grep Mem | awk '{print $3}'",	10,	0},
+    {"^d^ ^b#ffffff^^c#000000^   ^d^ ", " battery",  					60,	 0},
+    {"^d^ ^b#ffffff^^c#000000^   ^d^ ", " date +%H:%M",					60,	 0},
+};
+
+//sets delimeter between status commands. NULL character ('\0') means no delimeter.
+static char delim[] = "";
+static unsigned int delimLen = 0;
diff --git a/dwmblocks/dwmblocks b/dwmblocks/dwmblocks
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diff --git a/dwmblocks/dwmblocks.c b/dwmblocks/dwmblocks.c
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+++ b/dwmblocks/dwmblocks.c
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+#include<stdlib.h>
+#include<stdio.h>
+#include<string.h>
+#include<unistd.h>
+#include<signal.h>
+#ifndef NO_X
+#include<X11/Xlib.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef __OpenBSD__
+#define SIGPLUS			SIGUSR1+1
+#define SIGMINUS		SIGUSR1-1
+#else
+#define SIGPLUS			SIGRTMIN
+#define SIGMINUS		SIGRTMIN
+#endif
+#define LENGTH(X)               (sizeof(X) / sizeof (X[0]))
+#define CMDLENGTH		50
+#define MIN( a, b ) ( ( a < b) ? a : b )
+#define STATUSLENGTH (LENGTH(blocks) * CMDLENGTH + 1)
+
+typedef struct {
+	char* icon;
+	char* command;
+	unsigned int interval;
+	unsigned int signal;
+} Block;
+#ifndef __OpenBSD__
+void dummysighandler(int num);
+#endif
+void sighandler(int num);
+void getcmds(int time);
+void getsigcmds(unsigned int signal);
+void setupsignals();
+void sighandler(int signum);
+int getstatus(char *str, char *last);
+void statusloop();
+void termhandler();
+void pstdout();
+#ifndef NO_X
+void setroot();
+static void (*writestatus) () = setroot;
+static int setupX();
+static Display *dpy;
+static int screen;
+static Window root;
+#else
+static void (*writestatus) () = pstdout;
+#endif
+
+
+#include "blocks.h"
+
+static char statusbar[LENGTH(blocks)][CMDLENGTH] = {0};
+static char statusstr[2][STATUSLENGTH];
+static int statusContinue = 1;
+static int returnStatus = 0;
+
+//opens process *cmd and stores output in *output
+void getcmd(const Block *block, char *output)
+{
+	strcpy(output, block->icon);
+	FILE *cmdf = popen(block->command, "r");
+	if (!cmdf)
+		return;
+	int i = strlen(block->icon);
+	fgets(output+i, CMDLENGTH-i-delimLen, cmdf);
+	i = strlen(output);
+	if (i == 0) {
+		//return if block and command output are both empty
+		pclose(cmdf);
+		return;
+	}
+	//only chop off newline if one is present at the end
+	i = output[i-1] == '\n' ? i-1 : i;
+	if (delim[0] != '\0') {
+		strncpy(output+i, delim, delimLen); 
+	}
+	else
+		output[i++] = '\0';
+	pclose(cmdf);
+}
+
+void getcmds(int time)
+{
+	const Block* current;
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < LENGTH(blocks); i++) {
+		current = blocks + i;
+		if ((current->interval != 0 && time % current->interval == 0) || time == -1)
+			getcmd(current,statusbar[i]);
+	}
+}
+
+void getsigcmds(unsigned int signal)
+{
+	const Block *current;
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < LENGTH(blocks); i++) {
+		current = blocks + i;
+		if (current->signal == signal)
+			getcmd(current,statusbar[i]);
+	}
+}
+
+void setupsignals()
+{
+#ifndef __OpenBSD__
+	    /* initialize all real time signals with dummy handler */
+    for (int i = SIGRTMIN; i <= SIGRTMAX; i++)
+        signal(i, dummysighandler);
+#endif
+
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < LENGTH(blocks); i++) {
+		if (blocks[i].signal > 0)
+			signal(SIGMINUS+blocks[i].signal, sighandler);
+	}
+
+}
+
+int getstatus(char *str, char *last)
+{
+	strcpy(last, str);
+	str[0] = '\0';
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < LENGTH(blocks); i++)
+		strcat(str, statusbar[i]);
+	str[strlen(str)-strlen(delim)] = '\0';
+	return strcmp(str, last);//0 if they are the same
+}
+
+#ifndef NO_X
+void setroot()
+{
+	if (!getstatus(statusstr[0], statusstr[1]))//Only set root if text has changed.
+		return;
+	XStoreName(dpy, root, statusstr[0]);
+	XFlush(dpy);
+}
+
+int setupX()
+{
+	dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
+	if (!dpy) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "dwmblocks: Failed to open display\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+	screen = DefaultScreen(dpy);
+	root = RootWindow(dpy, screen);
+	return 1;
+}
+#endif
+
+void pstdout()
+{
+	if (!getstatus(statusstr[0], statusstr[1]))//Only write out if text has changed.
+		return;
+	printf("%s\n",statusstr[0]);
+	fflush(stdout);
+}
+
+
+void statusloop()
+{
+	setupsignals();
+	int i = 0;
+	getcmds(-1);
+	while (1) {
+		getcmds(i++);
+		writestatus();
+		if (!statusContinue)
+			break;
+		sleep(1.0);
+	}
+}
+
+#ifndef __OpenBSD__
+/* this signal handler should do nothing */
+void dummysighandler(int signum)
+{
+    return;
+}
+#endif
+
+void sighandler(int signum)
+{
+	getsigcmds(signum-SIGPLUS);
+	writestatus();
+}
+
+void termhandler()
+{
+	statusContinue = 0;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+	for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {//Handle command line arguments
+		if (!strcmp("-d",argv[i]))
+			strncpy(delim, argv[++i], delimLen);
+		else if (!strcmp("-p",argv[i]))
+			writestatus = pstdout;
+	}
+#ifndef NO_X
+	if (!setupX())
+		return 1;
+#endif
+	delimLen = MIN(delimLen, strlen(delim));
+	delim[delimLen++] = '\0';
+	signal(SIGTERM, termhandler);
+	signal(SIGINT, termhandler);
+	statusloop();
+#ifndef NO_X
+	XCloseDisplay(dpy);
+#endif
+	return 0;
+}