"Fredy P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (16/09/2004): > Package: xfce4-utils My version is 4.2.2-1
> Apparently, xfrun4 doesn't know about the values of the environment > variables. I seems to be "normal" as environment variables depends on a shell you're running, if I'm right. Since xfrun4 does not depend on such a shell, it does not have to know about them (launched from alt+f2 shortcut). > If I run xmessage $SHELL in xfrun4 I get $SHELL, whereas if I run > xmessage $SHELL in xterm I get /bin/bash. Launched from a (xterm|gnome-terminal), it still does not know about them because it calls the program/binary directly without asking the shell to interprete the command line (substitution and so on). > As a result of this problem, a script will fail if it needs to read > the values of the environment variables. If you really need environment variables, you may find this trick interesting; in xfrun4, just type: bash -c "xmessage $SHELL" I think that this bug should be closed, since xfrun4 seems to have the behaviour it is intended to have. Best regards, -- Cyril Brulebois
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