> > I'm certain that a tiny 'attempt to connect to the server on $ENV{DISPLAY} and do nothing' program can be written. >
File this under "ugly but works" .............................. BEGIN PERL PROGRAM ...................... #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $message = `xlsfonts -fn NOTBLOODLYLIKELYTOOCCUR 2>&1 `; unless ( $message =~ /pattern.*unmatched/ ) { print "No X for you!" ; } else { print "It's not called X-Windows. It is a window system called `X'\n"; } ............................... END PERL PROGRAM ....................... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Lawrence Statton - [EMAIL PROTECTED] s/aba/c/g Computer software consists of only two components: ones and zeros, in roughly equal proportions. All that is required is to sort them into the correct order. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>