DISPLAYRC(5)

NAME
displayrc - startup graphical applications

SYNOPSIS
~/.displayrc
/etc/displayrc
/etc/default/displayrc

DESCRIPTION
display(1) runs the displayrc script to launch the user's startup applications and prepare the desktop environment according to the user's preferences.

display(1) continues running after displayrc finishes running and any launched applications should be run as background processes.

The displayrc script is found by searching for an executable script in the following paths:
•   ~/.displayrc
•   /etc/displayrc
•   /etc/default/displayrc

displayrc is not executed if no script is found.

ENVIRONMENT
displayrc is executed with the following environment:

DISPLAY_SOCKET
    The path of the unix(4) socket where display(1) is listening for connections from applications.

FILES
~/.displayrc
    The user's displayrc script.
/etc/displayrc
    The system administor provided displayrc script.
/etc/default/displayrc
    The operating system provided displayrc script.

EXAMPLES
Launch a terminal with a text editor, another terminal with the user's default shell, and launch the asteroids game.

    terminal editor &
    terminal &
    asteroids &

SEE ALSO
display(1), terminal(1), profile(5), session(5), shrc(5)