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dtresourcesfile(4)DEVICES AND NETWORK INTERFACEdtresourcesfile(4)

NAME
     dtresourcesfile - format and location  of	desktop	 resource
     files

DESCRIPTION
     The   desktop   default   resources   can	 be   found    in
     /usr/dt/config/$LANG/sys.resources.  These	resources will be
     made   available	to   each   user's   session   via    the
     RESOURCE_MANAGER  property.   This	file should not	be edited
     as	it will	be unconditionally  overwritten	 upon  subsequent
     desktop installations.

     A	system	administrator  may  augment  the  system  default
     resources	by  creating  /etc/dt/config/$LANG/sys.resources.
     In	this file, a system  administrator  may	 override  system
     default  resources	or specify additional resources.  As this
     file is merged into the  desktop  default	resources  during
     session  startup, it is preferrable that only new or updated
     resource specifications be	placed in this file, rather  than
     a	copy  being  made  of  the desktop default resource file.
     Resources specified in this file will be made  available  to
     each  user's  session  via	 the  RESOURCE_MANAGER	property.
     Resources specified in this file take precedence over  those
     specified in the desktop default resource file.

     A user may	augment	the desktop default and	 system	 adminis-
     trator resources via their	$HOME/.Xdefaults file.	Resources
     specified in this file will be made available to  only  that
     user's session via	the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.	Resources
     specified in this file take precedence over those	specified
     in	 the  desktop  default	or  system administrator resource
     files.

     NOTE : The	X Toolkit Intrinsics specifies that it will  load
     resources for an application from either RESOURCE_MANAGER or
     from $HOME/.Xdefaults, but	not both.  Ordinarily, this would
     mean that the user's $HOME/.Xdefaults file	would be ignored.
     However, the session manager accomodates $HOME/.Xdefaults by
     merging  it  into the RESOURCE_MANAGER at session startup as
     described above.  If a user  changes  the	$HOME/.Xdefaults,
     the  changes  will	 not be	visible	to new applications until
     the user invokes the ReloadResources action.

     The ReloadResources action	will instruct the session manager
     to	 reload	 the  RESOURCE_MANAGER	with  the  system, system
     administrator and user specified resources.  This is  useful
     to	make available to new applications changes made	to system
     administrator or user specified resource files.

FILE FORMAT
     The desktop resource files	use X resource syntax.	See  X(1)
     for the precise syntax.

Unix System LaboratorLast change: 23 Nov 1994			1

dtresourcesfile(4)DEVICES AND NETWORK INTERFACEdtresourcesfile(4)

FILES
	/usr/dt/config/$LANG/sys.resources
		       The desktop default resources.

	/etc/dt/config/$LANG/sys.resources
		       System administrator specified resources.

	$HOME/.Xdefaults
		       User specified resources.

SEE ALSO
     dtsession(1), dtsessionaction(5), X(1), Xlib Resource
     Manager documentation, Xt resource	documentation.

Unix System LaboratorLast change: 23 Nov 1994			2

See also dtresourcesfile(4)