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Jianan
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:20 am    Post subject: Xsession.d filename Reply with quote
Hi,
those files in /etc/X11/Xsession.d have a number in front of them e.g.
30xfree.., 45xfree..., 90xfree, etc. What is the significance of those
numbers?

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Steven C. Block
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 7:00 am    Post subject: Re: Xsession.d filename Reply with quote
On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 02:55:39PM +0800, Jianan wrote:
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Hi,
those files in /etc/X11/Xsession.d have a number in front of them e.g.
30xfree.., 45xfree..., 90xfree, etc. What is the significance of those
numbers?

Those numbers control the order in which the various scripts run. From
man 5 Xsession:

CUSTOMIZING THE STARTUP PROCEDURE
Of course, any of the existing files can be edited in place.

Because the order in which the various scripts in /etc/X11/Xsession.d
are executed is important, files to be added to this directory should
have a well-formed name. The following format is recommended:

* a two-digit number denoting sequence;

* the name of the package providing the script (or 'custom' for
locally-created scripts);

* an underscore;

* a description of the script's basic function, using only characters
allowed by run-parts.

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Kevin Mark
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 7:20 am    Post subject: Re: Xsession.d filename Reply with quote
On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 02:55:39PM +0800, Jianan wrote:
Quote:
Hi,
those files in /etc/X11/Xsession.d have a number in front of them e.g.
30xfree.., 45xfree..., 90xfree, etc. What is the significance of those
numbers?

Hi Jianan,
a common characteristic of ínitialization scripts (init.d and the like)
is the use of letter and number prefixes to dictate which files to run
and in what order. In /etc/rc2.d/, it contains:
-----------------------------
K20apache K20inetd K20kdm K20lpd
K20mono-xsp K20netatalk K20nethack-common K20rsync
K20samba K20slpd K20ssh K20usermin
K20webmin K20xdm K20xfs K20xprint
S10sysklogd S11klogd S14ppp S18portmap
S19spamassassin S20alsa S20autofs S20binfmt-support
S20cupsys S20dbus-1 S20exim4 S20fam
S20festival S20ifplugd S20iptables S20makedev
S20mdnsresponder S20mysql S20pppstatus S20privoxy
S20sslwrap S20sysstat S20timidity S20xdebconfigurator
S21aumix S21sendmail S23ntp-server S89atd
S89cron S99dddclient S99fetchmail S99rmnologin
S99stop-bootlogd S99wdm
-----------------------------
the S prefix means 'start this' on rc2.d (runlevel 2)
the K prefix means 'kill this' on rc2.d (runlevel 2)
the middle numbers indicate the order to run the scripts.
So, K20apache is run before K20inetd and so on.
Similarly, the X session directory (Xsession.d) contains scripts to run.
So, 30xfree is run before 45xfree and so forth.
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