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From: Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Can a script tell if it's running under X?
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 13:34:58 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9acccfe5041204133432d7a3e@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Is there a way for a script (bash, for instance) to know
if it's running under X, such as in an xterm or konsole?

I want to have scripts that run graphical tools if the
infrastructure is present, and text tools otherwise.
For me this is particularly useful for tools I don't use
all that often, and can forget that a graphical version
exists.

++ kevin

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             reply	other threads:[~2004-12-04 21:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-12-04 21:34 Kevin O'Gorman [this message]
2004-12-04 21:43 ` [gentoo-user] Can a script tell if it's running under X? Nick Rout
2004-12-06  2:07   ` cdemarco
2004-12-06  4:19     ` Iain Buchanan
2004-12-04 21:45 ` Matan Peled
2004-12-05  0:55   ` Bastian Balthazar Bux
2004-12-04 22:54 ` Peter Gordon
2004-12-05  0:22   ` Collins Richey
2004-12-05  7:31     ` Peter Gordon
2004-12-05 15:08       ` Collins Richey
2004-12-05  8:25   ` Uwe Thiem
2004-12-05  8:27   ` Marko Vallius

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