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Re: Xwindows under Win98/95/NT

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anthony E. Greene)
Fri Oct 16 10:04:17 1998

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 15:43:57 +0200
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From: "Anthony E. Greene" <agreene@pobox.com>
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At 16:25 1998-10-15 -0700, Adam Getchell wrote:
>>After you install the X server software on your Microsoft box, there are
>>several ways to run X apps and have them display at your PC. My
>>favorite is to telnet into the Linux box and do the following:
>>
>>	export DISPLAY=PCNameOrIPAddress:0.0
>>	xterm &
>>	exit
>
>I get "command not found" when I do the export. Is there a package that I'm
>missing?

That command assumes you're using the bash shell. If not, then do the
equivalent to set and environment variable. The following does not depend
on the shell and should always work:

	xterm -display PCNameOrIPAddress:0.0 &
	exit



 Tony
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