Re: : Openbox autostart - detecting hostname

echo $SHELL generally tells you which shell you are using.

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2014-08-12 9:16 GMT-03:00 Giles Orr <[email protected]>:

> On 12 August 2014 02:41, William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 09:17:28PM -0400, Giles Orr wrote:
> > > I'm using openbox on an Acer Chromebook (full install, not crouton).
>  I'm
> > > pretty pleased with the hardware, but I've got a problem with Openbox's
> > > autostart file.  It's a shell script, so I should be able to make
> decisions
> > > about what to run based on the hostname.  This matters because I share
> > > configuration files and dotfiles across multiple hosts.  But it doesn't
> > > work.  I've tried:
> > >
> > > if [ "$(hostname)" == "crom" ] # works at the command line
> > > then
> > >     xterm -fn terminus-18 &
> > > fi
> > >
> > > if [ "${HOSTNAME}" == "crom" ] # ditto
> > > ...
> > >
> > > if [ "$(cat /etc/hostname)" == "crom" ] # ditto
> > > ...
> > >
> > > None work in ~/.config/openbox/autostart .  I dumped $(env) to a file
> from
> > > within the autostart and HOSTNAME isn't set, so that explains the
> middle
> > > one failing, but I have no explanation for why the others don't work.
>  Can
> > > anyone help?
> >
> > Try single '=', or use Bash/Ksh which support '=='.
>
> Thanks Walter - I do have the file.
>
> William - that's a very good point: I was automatically assuming Bash
> because it's what I use all the time, and that may well NOT be what's used
> by Openbox.  It obviously uses a shell of some sort, but which one is open
> to question.  I will confirm later.  Thanks!
>
>
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