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riverscn

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From: Chongqing, China

Registered: 2008-08-05

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What's difference between .xinitrc & .bashrc & .xprofile

I am puzzled...:/

muczyjoe

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From: Szeged (Hungary)

Registered: 2007-05-16

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Re: What's difference between .xinitrc & .bashrc & .xprofile

Interesting question...
.xinitrc  - X runs apps, specified here, e.g. "exec startfluxbox"
.bashrc - when you start a new bash session, bash reads values, runs commands from here
.xprofile - dunno, maybe some variables

Acecero

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Registered: 2008-06-21

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Re: What's difference between .xinitrc & .bashrc & .xprofile

.xinitrc for executing which DE or WM session you want to startup from startx

.bashrc is for setting up custom variables, bash profiles or aliases, functions, etc. for bash at login or the startup of your favorite terminal.

.xprofile I never heard of.

dhave

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From: Outside the matrix.

Registered: 2005-05-15

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Re: What's difference between .xinitrc & .bashrc & .xprofile

.xprofile I never heard of.

I suspect the OP means /etc/profile

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catwell

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From: Bretagne, France

Registered: 2008-02-20

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Re: What's difference between .xinitrc & .bashrc & .xprofile

.xprofile exists but is very little used. It's read by some graphical login software like GDM (I don't know for the others).

riverscn

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From: Chongqing, China

Registered: 2008-08-05

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Re: What's difference between .xinitrc & .bashrc & .xprofile

.xprofile exists but is very little used. It's read by some graphical login software like GDM (I don't know for the others).

Yes, I use GDM。
Thank you all for answering my question.

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

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Re: What's difference between .xinitrc & .bashrc & .xprofile

Distros handle the ~/.x* files differently, just to confuse us. IIRC, /usr/bin/startx in Arch looks at ~/.xprofile