NAME

dtsession_res - CDE dtsession resource load utility

SYNOPSIS

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

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. 

DESCRIPTION

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:

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 \
   -file $HOME/.dt/sessions/current/dt.resources

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. 

SunOS 1.0.1  —  Last change: 05 Dec 1994