Re: [gentoo-user] Test for X from cli

[Donnie Berkholz]

John J. Foster wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 03:43:12PM -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
>> 060801 John J. Foster wrote:
>>> In a bash script, how can I test whether the script itself is being run
>>> from a virtual terminal, or from an emulator like konsole within X?
>> 'echo $DISPLAY' returns ':0' from Konsole,
>> but nothing from a raw terminal called up via  Ctl-Alt-F2 .
>>
> Of the different methods suggested, I like this one best.

This will also be set in ssh sessions with X forwarding turned on. You 
might want to check whether you're in one of those as well.

Thanks,
Donnie
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