* Dan Berdine ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010719 09:11]: > Is there an environment variable in bash that can be used to tell where > bash is running from? For example, is there a variable I can test in > my .bashrc to tell whether I am running remotly, from a tty, from > konsole, an xterm, etc.? I'v looked at the Advanced Scripting HOWTO, > but the only thing that looked promising was "$BASH_ENV" which seems to > be empty.
Indeed, $BASH_ENV will be empty unless you set it to something otherwise. AFAICT, the only use this would have in your situation is to set a result in, not to test the value of. i.e., something like: if (I'm in an xterm) BASH_ENV=~/.bash-xterm if (I'm at the console) BASH_ENV=~/.bash-console : : etc. export BASH_ENV exec bash and, of course, do something to prevent infinite loops. It still feels a little sloppy to me, and I'd rather see something like sourcing the appropriate environment files rather than exporting BASH_ENV and exec bash. If you want to know what tty you're coming in on, check the $TTY variable. You can use this to deduce if you're on the console very easily, and depending on your setups, may be able to distinguish between an xterm or another network connection. You can also look for the existence of SSH_TTY in the environment, which should be present only in an ssh session (or child thereof). I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to do, but HTH. Vineet
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