Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:36:34 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Mrityunjoy Ghosh <mgofbbk@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Clarification about creating .xinitrc file for xfce Message-ID: <44a7avqgm5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BQya0B4Z8v9V%2BOADg=GZcez7TTbBHzEt=_khttyLxSE2LdSdw@mail.gmail.com> (Mrityunjoy Ghosh's message of "Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:19:48 %2B0530") References: <CA%2BQya0B4Z8v9V%2BOADg=GZcez7TTbBHzEt=_khttyLxSE2LdSdw@mail.gmail.com>
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Mrityunjoy Ghosh <mgofbbk@gmail.com> writes: > Section 5.7.3 for creating .initrc and .xsession file for xfce written as > given below. My question is what is the need of dot after inverted commas > (i.e. ". /usr )? What will happen if it is done this way? > > % echo ". /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc" > ~/.xinitrc > > % echo ". /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc" > ~/.xsession The dot is equivalent to the keyword "source".
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