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Name

dtsession_res -- CDE dtsession resource load utility

Synopsis

dtsession_res -load [-merge] [-system] [-xdefaults] [-file <name>]

Description

Note:

The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) dtsession_res utility is used by dtsession and the ReloadResources action to load session resources. It is not intended to be run directly from the command line.

The CDE dtsession_res utility uses xrdb(1) to load the session resources into the RESOURCE_MANAGER property of the root window of the display. The session resources are gathered from the following files:

- /usr/dt/config/$LANG/sys.resources

- /etc/dt/config/$LANG/sys.resources

- $HOME/.Xdefaults

- $HOME/.dt/<session dir>/dt.resources

Refer to the dtsession(1) man page for more information on these files and their content.

The dtsession_res utility provides support for display-specific resources by converting the $DISPLAY value into a cpp(1) macro that can be used in a session resource file to limit resource definitions to a particular display. It does this by converting all ’.’ (dot) and ’:’ (colon) characters to ’_’, stripping off any screen specification and finally prefixing ’DISPLAY_’ to the result. For example, a $DISPLAY of ’:0’ would be ’DISPLAY_0’, and a $DISPLAY of ’blanco.gato.com:0.0’ would be ’DISPLAY_blanco_gato_com_0’. The resulting value can be used as part of a cpp test in a session resource file. For example: 


CW   Myapp*resource: value
   #ifdef DISPLAY_blanco_gato_com_0
   Myapp*resource: specialvalue1
   #endif
   #ifdef DISPLAY_pablo_gato_com_0
   Myapp*resource: specialvalue2
   #endif

Options

-load

Replace the current RESOURCE_MANAGER content with the session resources.

-merge

Merge the current RESOURCE_MANAGER content with the session resources.

-system

Load or merge the system session resources.

-xdefaults

Load or merge the $HOME/.Xdefault file.

-file <name>

Load or merge the file specified by <name>.

Examples

The dtsession_res utility is not intended to be run from the command line. Refer to the ReloadResources action for information on how to reload session resources in a user’s session.

dtsession_res -load -system -xdefaults

Replaces the RESOURCE_MANAGER with the content of the following files:

- /usr/dt/config/$LANG/sys.resources,

- /etc/dt/config/$LANG/sys.resources,

- $HOME/.Xdefaults and

- $HOME/.dt/sessions/current/dt.resources files.

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