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Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 15:51:12 -0700
From: John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net>
To: "Christopher W . Aiken" <cwaiken@icubed.com>
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Subject: Re: Script Question
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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).

jmc


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