Sergey, Freebies - > sergey dyshel wrote:
> > I have one problem with '.xinitrc' file. I need to run > > IceWM, detach it from console and wait until IceWM > > exits. I know about 'detach' utility for Unix which > > runs process, detaches it but doesn't wait. So when I > > place "exec detach icewm" in the end of my '.xinitrc' > > X server shuts down immediately after starting icewm > > which isn't what I want. Is there a programm like > > 'detach' which does't exit until detached process is finished? Excuse me if I missed the point, but here is the tail end of a typical 'xinitrc' from my Linux box. You can see that it starts a number of clients, then 'exec's the window manager. Is that what you had in mind? =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= if [ -f $HOME/.Xclients ]; then exec $HOME/.Xclients elif [ -f /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients ]; then exec /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients else # failsafe settings. Although we should never get here # (we provide fallbacks in Xclients as well) it can't hurt. xclock -geometry 100x100-5+5 & xterm -geometry 80x50-50+150 & if [ -x /usr/bin/netscape -a -f /usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html ]; then netscape /usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html & fi if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2 ]; then exec fvwm2 else exec twm fi fi =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= John Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"