Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 18:10:55 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: FreeBSD-QUESTIONS <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Christopher W . Aiken" <cwaiken@icubed.com> Subject: Re: Script Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106011805100.78185-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <20010601155112.A532@johncoop>
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John Merryweather Cooper wrote to Christopher W . Aiken: > On 2001.06.01 15:00 Christopher W. Aiken wrote: > > > > What can I check in a tcsh script to see if X is running? > > > > > > -=[cwa]=- > > FreeBSD 4.2 > > > The DISPLAY environment variable (usually only set when X is running) > would be a good choice. Checking the TERM variable for an xterm > variant might also work (sometimes). Yes, but perhaps it pays to ask the poster for more information, here. Chris, do you need this script to check THE CURRENT SHELL to see if the shell itself is running under X, or do you need to be able to detect from anywhere, any user, whether X is running? (eg, at the console) If it is the latter, there may be some hooks that I'm not familiar with, but something as crude as the following (off the top of my head)... if [ ps -ax | grep /usr/X11R6/bin/X | grep -v grep ]; then ... fi ...might work for you. > jmc > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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