Re: FVWM: system PATH for executables?

From: Emilio Lopes <ecl_at_fnpc21.if.usp.br>
Date: Thu, 30 May 96 18:56 EST

>>>>> "DN" == Dan Norris <d-norri_at_uiuc.edu> wrote:

DN> In my .fvwmrc, I have lots of menus for tons 'o programs, but they
DN> don't seem to be in the PATH. My question is, what PATH does fvwm
DN> use? How can I set it? I'm not sure exactly what the problem is,
DN> but if I specify a full path to a particular program, it works.
DN> If I don't, it fails. Is there a way to catch some error output?

Fvwm tells "sh" to execute your program. Probably "sh" is not properly
configured in your system, maybe because people there use [t]csh?

You can use

ExecUseShell /usr/local/bin/tcsh

to make fvwm2 use tcsh instead of the default sh, if that's your problem.

Emilio.

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Received on Thu May 30 1996 - 17:43:42 BST