X11

[jdahm]

Does anyone know what files are "sourced" by bash or whatever shell the user is running when an xterm opens in X11? Is there a command/file that shows this on any *nix box?

 

[shwc]

Perhaps you are you referring to the .profile file and/or the .xinitrc file?

As I understand it, these files, and other similar ones, set up your X11 environment (i.e. like informing x11 of where the binaries are).

http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/software/unixgeneral/unixcust.html
http://www.slackbook.org/html/x-window-system-xinitrc.html