Checking if the X Server is running

[Charles Wilson]

O. Olson wrote:

> 	Is there any way of checking if the X Server is
> currently running? Because if you try this again, it
> gives you “A fatal error” … which does not crash your
> computer – but is a bit annoying to me. 

The checkX program is written specifically to do this.

   #!/bin/sh
   if checkX ; then
     # X is running
   else
     # X is not running
   fi

--
Chuck

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