Re: Check for instances running

[Christer Palm <palm nogui se>]

Joao Rainha wrote:
> I'm doing a kind of a lock file, where i keep the process pid, and at the 
> beginning of the program, i check i the file exist and if the pid is a valid 
> process.
>
> Is this the best way to do it?
> Are there any better method, like specific gtk or glib functions?

You also need to keep the client/server nature of X in mind. You may 
have several instances running on the same display but on different 
hosts, and/or several instances running on the same host but on 
different displays.

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Christer Palm