About file dt.session and dtwmfp.session

[Jasmin Berube]

I was wondering why we found those 2 files sometimes directly in $HOME and in /.dt/sessions/home or /.dt/sessions/current or /.dt/sessions/current.old directory and sometime we don't find them in $HOME. Must not be necessary in $HOME?

[Brian M. Fisher]

dtwmfp.session - is used to save and restore the state of the customized Front Panel for each session

dt.session - is used to save and restore the state of the last CDE session

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[Brian M. Fisher]

Both files are for customized CDE settings. Neither file is required. The are normally placed in a $HOME/.dt sub-directory due to dealing with CDE features. If you remove the directory "current" in $HOME/.dt/sessions CDE will default to HOME session regardless of the Style Manager Startup setting.
i.e. rm -r $HOME/.dt/sessions/current

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[Jasmin Berube]

But for some user i found that those 2 file are in $HOME and in $HOME/.dt subdirectory.
Why??

[Brian M. Fisher]

Sorry, I don't know why some files are going there unless there is a permissions problem within the $HOME/.dt directory structure stopping a users CDE session from saving there.

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