Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 21:19:13 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Mrityunjoy Ghosh <mgofbbk@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Clarification about creating .xinitrc file for xfce Message-ID: <20190923211913.dee65a38.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BQya0B4Z8v9V%2BOADg=GZcez7TTbBHzEt=_khttyLxSE2LdSdw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BQya0B4Z8v9V%2BOADg=GZcez7TTbBHzEt=_khttyLxSE2LdSdw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:19:48 +0530, Mrityunjoy Ghosh wrote: > Section 5.7.3 for creating .initrc and .xsession file for xfce written as > given below. My question is what is the need of dot after inverted commas > (i.e. ". /usr )? What will happen if it is done this way? > > % echo ". /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc" > ~/.xinitrc > > % echo ". /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc" > ~/.xsession The sh shell command ". <filename>" inputs the specified file at the current position. You can find a typical use at the top of /etc/rc.bsdextended or at the end of /etc/defaults/rc.conf where external files are included. The C shell's equivalent it "source <filename>". See "man sh" for details. Note: File .xinitrc is used by startx, .xsession is used by display managers such as xdm or slim. Both are ignored by gdm. ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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