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On Sunday 05 December 2004 00:54, Peter Gordon wrote: |
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> Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> | Is there a way for a script (bash, for instance) to know |
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> | if it's running under X, such as in an xterm or konsole? |
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> | I want to have scripts that run graphical tools if the |
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> | infrastructure is present, and text tools otherwise. |
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> | For me this is particularly useful for tools I don't use |
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> | all that often, and can forget that a graphical version |
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> | exists. |
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> One way to do it (though I don't know how to do this in Bash) is to check |
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> X's Process ID (PID). If `pidof X` returns an integer, than that's the PID |
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> of the currently running X server. If X is not running it will return an |
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> empty string. |
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The $DISPLAY method is safer. X could be running for another user, or X is |
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running for you but the script isn't running in a login shell, or or or. |
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Uwe |
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Alternative phrasing of the First Law of Thermodynamics: |
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If you eat it, and you don't burn it off, you'll sit on it. |
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http://www.uwix.iway.na (last updated: 20.06.2004) |
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