Checking if the X Server is running

[O. Olson]

--- Charles Wilson <cygwin@cwilson.fastmail.fm> ha
scritto:

> 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” Â
 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
> 
> --

Thanks Chuck. This looks like what I need – but how do
I get this checkX program. It does not seem to be
there in my path. 
	Any pointers on where it would be installed. 

Thanks a lot
O.O. 



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