X11START(1)         UNIX Programmer's Manual          X11START(1)



NAME
     x11start - start the X11 window system

SYNOPSIS
     x11start [options]

DESCRIPTION
     x11start starts up the X window system by running the X11
     window server and selected X11 clients.  By default,
     hpterm(1) and mwm(1) are run by x11start.

     x11start is a shell script that first checks the user's home
     directory for a .Xdefaults file.  If there is no .Xdefaults
     file there, then the file /usr/lib/X11/sys.Xdefaults (if it
     exists) will be used as a source file for xrdb(1), to create
     a RESOURCE_MANAGER property.  This is done by setting the
     variable $doxrdb, which is executed in the .x11start file,
     and thus under user control.

     x11start will modify the PATH variable as needed to assure
     that /usr/bin/X11 is in the users PATH variable in front of
     /usr/bin.

     x11start then runs xinit using the shell script .x11start
     from the user's home directory as the first argument for
     xinit.  If that script does not exist or is not executable,
     then the script /usr/lib/X11/sys.x11start is used as the
     argument for xinit.  In any case the arguments passed to
     x11start are passed on to xinit following the .x11start
     argument.

FILES
     /usr/lib/X11/sys.x11start
     $HOME/.x11start
     /usr/lib/X11/sys.Xdefaults
     $HOME/.Xdefaults

ORIGIN
     HP

SEE ALSO
     X(1), xinit(1), hpterm(1), mwm(1), xrdb(1)













X11 Release 4 November 1991                                     1