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Old 10-18-2007, 12:52 AM   #1
dwhitney67
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Help me understand this shell script


Can someone enlighten me as to what the double-dashes (--) serve in the shell script statement below?

Code:
/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit /bin/UpdateUI $CDVERSION $PARAM -- /usr/X11R6/bin/X -config /etc/X11/intel/xorg.conf
Also, when the command above is run, I receive a warning message (or two). Would it be ok for me to append to the end of the statement a '2> /dev/null', or will this affect the output of the X11 server?

I do not run the shell script containing the line above from the command line, but from the init of a Linux distro I burn to CD-R. Thus it makes it difficult to test. I hope this makes sense.
 
Old 10-18-2007, 01:55 AM   #2
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Code:
# man xinit
Quote:
NAME
xinit - X Window System initializer

SYNOPSIS
xinit [ [ client ] options ] [ -- [ server ] [ display ] options ]
It is just the way xinit wants to accept command line options.
 
Old 10-18-2007, 09:02 AM   #3
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