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howto update HOSTDISPLAY variable once X is started?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Porter)
Mon Oct 21 18:44:56 1996
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 14:18:40 -0400
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From: Thomas Porter <txporter@mindspring.com>
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Howdy,
I am trying to use rsh to run xterm on a remote site after I have dialed
into my ISP and gotten a dynamic IP address assigned. I do the dialup from
within X. My HOSTDISPLAY env variable contains the hostname from my
/etc/hosts file, vasili.rlf.org.
Assuming I can run a script to get my dynamic IP address. like part of
ip-up, is there a way to update the HOSTDISPLAY env variable made available
by X to all processes started under X so that my rsh invocation which makes
reference to $HOSTDISPLAY will be correct? Is there a way for a script
running from an xterm, or started by a FVWM menu entry to affect the
environment variables made available to _all_ processes started under X?
Thanks,
Tom Porter
PS any ideas on the lack of CD sound posting I submitted a few days ago?
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