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dtsessionfile(4)
CDE
NAME
  dtsessionfile - format and location of desktop session files

DESCRIPTION
  At session startup, the session manager will restart any applications that
  were saved as part of the session. The system default set of applications
  to be restored as part of the user's Initial Session can be found in
  /usr/dt/config/$LANG/sys.session. This file should not be edited as it will
  be unconditionally overwritten upon subsequent desktop installations.

  A system administrator may replace the set of applications that are
  restored as part of the user's Initial Session by creating a file named
  /etc/dt/config/$LANG/sys.session. Unlike the resource files, this file will
  be used as a complete replacement for the desktop default file, so it is
  valid to make a copy of the system default file and make any necessary
  modifications.

FILE FORMAT
  A session file contains a line for each application to be started during a
  user's Initial Session. Empty lines or lines beginning with a "#" are
  ignored.  Each application to be started should have a line in the session
  file of the form:

       dtsmcmd -cmd "application command line and options"

  For example, to start the file manager with options:

       dtsmcmd -cmd "/usr/dt/bin/dtfile -dir ~ -geometry +700+0"

  More specifically, a session file consists of one or more SessionLine's:

  SessionLine = Comment | SessionSpec | <empty line>

  Comment     = "#" {<any character except null or newline>}

  SessionSpec = "dtsmcmd -cmd " Quote CommandSpec Quote

  Quote	      = "

  CommandSpec = "<application command line and options>"

  Elements separated by vertical bar (|) are alternatives. Curly braces
  ({...}) indicate zero or more repetitions of the enclosed elements.  Quotes
  ("...") are used around literal characters.

FILES
  /usr/dt/config/$LANG/sys.session
	      The desktop default set of applications for the user's Initial
	      Session.

  /etc/dt/config/$LANG/sys.session
	      System administrator specified set of applications for the
	      user's Initial Session.

SEE ALSO
  dtsession(1)

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