Re: [exec] command & shell environment

b4u68k wrote:
> thus providing standard environment variables (like $PATH or $LANG for ex.)
> to fluxbox (and the programs launched by ~/.fluxbox/keys and
> ~/.fluxbox/menu)?

In general variables will be inherited from the parent process.
Beware that for $PATH (? at least this is true for the extra library search
path, $LD_LIBRARY_PATH) on (at least Debian) that is not exported, for security
reasons. If you want to export (at least LD_LIB..) you need to rename it before
starting your term, then rename back.
Maybe not your problem, but it can be a real mystery as to why that won't work
so I thought I'd throw it in there.

> Like you suggested I could simulate the behavior of such a shell by 
> executing .bashrc, .bash_profile, or /etc/profile etc. in 
> ~/.fluxbox/startup:

note the "profile" ones are intended to be run at login time, the "rc" ones are
intended to be run when a new process is run.

see also ~/.xinitrc and ~/.xsession


Hamish




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