On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Nikhil Joshi wrote: > I'm trying to write a script in which a message is displayed by xmessage > if X is running otherwise message is displayed by echo > > I tried this : > > if [ -f /tmp/.X0-lock ] > then > xmessage message > > else > echo message > > However lets suppose that I'm running X and working on a Virtual Console. > the file /tmp/.X0-lock would then exist. > How do I now display the message using echo ?
try this: # If X not running --> use echo --> else use xmessage [ x"$DISPLAY" == "x" ] && ECHOBIN=echo || ECHOBIN=`which xmessage` #... your rest of the script # tell something to user $ECHOBIN "Welcome to wonderful world of scripting!" HTH, Rajesh -- An authority is a person who can tell you more about something than you really care to know. -- _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
