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On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 14:54:47 -0800, Peter Gordon |
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<admin@×××××××××××××××××.com> 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 X's |
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> Process ID (PID). If `pidof X` returns an integer, than that's the PID of the |
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> currently running X server. If X is not running it will return an empty string. |
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> /home/peter $ pidof X |
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> 12521 |
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> /home/peter $ pidof non-running-app |
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> /home/peter $ |
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> Hope this helps! |
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For the normal non-root user case, this would be '/sbin/pidof X', |
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unless you have monkeyed with the standard $PATH setup. |
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