Thanks, Wayne. It looks like "ps/grep" approach wins out. Maybe even creating an alias for it called vncQuery or something.
Fred -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Ma Department of Electronics Carleton University, Mackenzie Building 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1S 5B6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================================== Wayne Throop wrote: > :: "Shing-Fat (Fred) Ma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > :: Is there a way to check > :: what vncserver displays I've started using "vncserver :N"? > > : Michael Milette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : On Windows, "netstat -a" at the command prompt will list all of the ports > : in use. Then look for port numbers that are an offset of 5800 and 5900. > > Given the "started using vncserver :N", and the implication of starting > more than one at a time, I'm guessing the question is for linux or some > other unixish environment. > > You could use netstat as described above, > but it might be more interesting to try > > /usr/bin/ps -eo user,args | grep Xvnc > > At least, that's what I use. > > Wayne Throop [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------