NAME

displayrc — startup graphical applications

SYNOPSIS

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 administrator 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)