On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 07:49:36PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
* Andy Saxena ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020508 18:44]:
Even if an executable can tell whether or not it is being called by a
symlink, why should the xterm binary be coded to disregard the
~/.Xresources file?
Well, technically
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 07:41:28PM -0700, Eric G. Miller wrote:
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 09:44:30PM -0400, Andy Saxena wrote:
I am still not certain how this applies to my original question.
Even if an executable can tell whether or not it is being called by a
symlink, why should the
On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 12:40:26AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
* Andy Saxena ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020505 23:16]:
Hi,
For some reason, when I invoke x-terminal-emulator, which points to
xterm, results in different background, foreground, etc. settings than
if I were to invoke xterm
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 12:41:28AM -0400, Andy Saxena wrote:
On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 12:40:26AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
[snip]
It is on some levels; the symlink is dereferenced to get to the actual
code of the executable. A program can tell how it was called by looking
at argv[0],
* Eric G. Miller (egm2@jps.net) [020508 01:28]:
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 12:41:28AM -0400, Andy Saxena wrote:
On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 12:40:26AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
[snip]
It is on some levels; the symlink is dereferenced to get to the actual
code of the executable. A program can
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 11:00:14AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
As for taking different actions based on the command by which a program
was called, look at the fsck family, bzless and bzmore, mh's show, next,
and prev, and a lot of other things that show up in find / -type f |
-links 1 =). Oh,
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 09:44:30PM -0400, Andy Saxena wrote:
I am still not certain how this applies to my original question.
Even if an executable can tell whether or not it is being called by a
symlink, why should the xterm binary be coded to disregard the
~/.Xresources file?
IMHO, it
* Andy Saxena ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020508 18:44]:
Even if an executable can tell whether or not it is being called by a
symlink, why should the xterm binary be coded to disregard the
~/.Xresources file?
Well, technically speaking, xterm never reads the .Xresources file at
all. That file is
Hi,
For some reason, when I invoke x-terminal-emulator, which points to
xterm, results in different background, foreground, etc. settings than
if I were to invoke xterm directly.
In general, if xterm is invoked via a symlink, the result is different!
I was under the impression that invoking a
* Andy Saxena ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020505 23:16]:
Hi,
For some reason, when I invoke x-terminal-emulator, which points to
xterm, results in different background, foreground, etc. settings than
if I were to invoke xterm directly.
It has to do with the way xterm loads its X Resources. These
On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 12:40:26AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
In general, if xterm is invoked via a symlink, the result is different!
I was under the impression that invoking a program via a symlink is
transparent as far as the execution context of the program is concerned.
It is on some
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