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From: prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Setting up DISPLAY environment variable
Message-ID: <1687@hulda.erbe.se>
Date: 30 Jun 90 09:16:47 GMT
References: <9173@uswat.UUCP>
Organization: ERBE DATA AB, Jarfalla, Sweden
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In article <9173@uswat.UUCP>, bar@uswat.uswest.com (Bala Ramakrishnan 595-2868) writes:

> Is there a way (say by executing a program) to inquire the sparc machine
> where Iam rlogged from ,so that I can set the DISPLAY variable
> to the internet address of the machine from which I rlogged automatically.

I believe that there's a TELNET option for this -- X Display Location or
something like that. Don't know how many that really have implemented it
yet, if any.

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