Re: Check for instances running

From: "Peter \"Firefly\" Lund" <firefly diku dk>
To: Christer Palm <palm nogui se>
Cc: jrainha olivia inesc-id pt, gtk-list gnome org
Subject: Re: Check for instances running
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:49:15 +0100 (MET)

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Christer Palm wrote:

> 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.

Suggestion: use a property on the root window instead of the Unix
semaphor/ipc/lock file stuff.

-Peter

References:
- Check for instances running
  - From: Joao Rainha
- Re: Check for instances running
  - From: Christer Palm

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