[sf-perl] determining console or xwindows mode

Quinn Weaver quinn at fairpath.com
Sun Feb 28 18:58:20 PST 2010


If you're running under X, the DISPLAY environment variable should be  
set. So do:

if ($ENV{DISPLAY}) {
     ...

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On Feb 28, 2010, at 6:22 PM, Richard Reina <gatorreina at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a program that must run differently in xwindows then it would  
> on a linux console.  I was wondering if there's a function to  
> determine if a program is running in a linux console or in xwindows  
> so that upon execute it  can make the necessary accommodations?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Richard
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