Screen numbers

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, Rasjid wrote:

> Is there any way of checking what screen numbers are already in use, so
> I can pass the next screen number to XWin.exe?

use "netstat -a -n -p tcp" and search for the first nonused port above 
6000. Substract 6000 from this number and you have the displaynumber.

 
> 
> PS.  I posted an verion of this email to the list earlier, but it didn't
> seem to get through.

It just took a while.

bye
    ago
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