auto launching a script upon login

[Mark Guertin]

This may not be the best route if it's an X11 based program.   
Modifying the .bash_profile would mean that the demo would launch (or  
attempted to launch) every time you initiate a new {x,k,e}term or  
login in runlevel 3 (non-graphical).

Mark

On May 16, 2005, at 10:56 AM, Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D. wrote:

> Or modify the default user's .bash_profile
>
>         # .bash_profile
>
>         # Get the aliases and functions
>         if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
>                 . ~/.bashrc
>         fi
>
>         # User specific environment and startup programs       <=====
>
>         PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
>
>         export PATH
>         unset USERNAME
>
> -Joseph
> ======================================================================
>
> On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 10:45 -0400, Mark Guertin wrote:
>
>> If you're booting into the GUI env (init 5 - which is the default)
>> then you can probably add this to the ~/.xinitrc file and get what
>> you want.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On May 16, 2005, at 10:39 AM, Jonathan Hartje wrote:
>>
>>
>>> All,
>>>    I have a YDL 4.0.1 laptop that automatically logs a user in on
>>> startup. Does anyone know of a config file I can use to launch a
>>> set of scripts when that user logs in. The machine is slated to be
>>> a demo machine and thus I want the process to be as simple as
>>> possible. I have a top level script TOP_LEVEL.sh that I'd like to
>>> be run as soon as my default user logs in. Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> Jon
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