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

[John J. Foster]

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.

Thanks to all who replied,
festus
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