Re: Bash invocation, was Re: 60-serial.rules, broken

[Cousin Stanley]

On 2023-06-09 13:00, gene heskett wrote:

>> Did you log out and back in, or did you simply start
>> a new XFCE4 terminal within an existing session?
>>
>> The .xsessionrc file is only read
>> during X session startup, not when running
>> various applications like terminal emulators.
>>
>>
>>> (Yes, I know, it's a PAIN to log out and back in,
>>> at least for me, and> it sounded like for you too...
>>> but it's required for this test to be meaningful.
>>>
>>> logging out and back in may as well be a reboot.

  I sometimes update the  .xsessionrc  file
  for various reasons and then source it
  to activate the changes without logging out
  or restarting ....

    sk@jhp1  03:52 PM  ~
    $ echo "export SKUNK='pee euuu' " >> .xsessionrc

    sk@jhp1  03:53 PM  ~
    $ echo $SKUNK

    sk@jhp1  03:53 PM  ~
    $ source .xsessionrc

    sk@jhp1  03:53 PM  ~
    $ echo $SKUNK
    pee euuu



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Stanley C. Kitching
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Phoenix, Arizona