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From: pete@iris49.UUCP (Pete Ware)
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Subject: Re: Those Wacky .xsession files
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Date: 14 Feb 91 16:14:00 GMT
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I'd first make sure your .xsession works at all.  My second guess is
that your shell script is getting executing by the csh because:
	1. The first character is a '#'.  Change it to "#! /bin/sh"
	2. xdm is doing something like "/bin/csh -c $HOME/.xsession"
	   and it's getting read as a csh script.

To test your script, rename the .xsession file to something innocuous
and start up with the default configuration.  Then just type
"$HOME/.xsession" and see if everything works.

--pete
P.S. Granted your tautological test [if 1=1] is probably just a
     typo, but it won't work under any shell.

Pete Ware / Biosym / San Diego CA / (619) 546-5532
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