Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 11:40:02 -0500 From: Drifter <drifter@stratos.net> To: Wei Weng <wweng@stevens-tech.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, peter <peter@worldinternet.net> Subject: Re: Afterstep1.0 Message-ID: <199801161640.LAA06264@stratos.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 Jan 1998 09:40:05 EST." <Pine.SGI.3.96.980115093824.28814A-100000@attila.stevens-tech.edu>
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>U dont actually need exec afterstep just put >#!/bin/sh > >afterstep Actually, though this will work perfectly fine, it is "not as efficient" on system resources. Without using "exec," the calling shell script (.xinitrc) and its environment will stick around in memory even though you're not using it, thereby wasting space. Using "exec" replaces the .xinitrc script in memory with afterstep -- the only thing to remember is that "exec" should only be used with the LAST command (afterstep) to be executed, because any following commands would be overwritten by afterstep. But, depending on circumstances, it may not be that big of a deal :) -Drifter
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