ICEWM-ENV(5)          Standards, Environments and Macros          ICEWM-ENV(5)


   NAME
        icewm-env - icewm environment configuration file

   SYNOPSIS
        $ICEWM_PRIVCFG/env
        $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/env
        $HOME/.icewm/env
        /etc/icewm/env
        /usr/share/icewm/env

   DESCRIPTION
       icewm-session(1) loads additional environment variables from the file
       env before it does anything else. These variables are then propagated
       to all other processes, including icewm(1), via their environment.

   FORMAT
       Each line is subjected to POSIX shell expansion by wordexp(3).  Comment
       lines starting by a hash-sign ("#") are ignored.  icewm-session(1) will
       load those expanded lines that contain a name, followed by an equals
       sign, followed by the value (which may be empty).

       The word unset begins a line with names to be removed from the
       environment.

   EXAMPLES
        # This is a comment.
        # And another.

        XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="ICEWM"
        XDG_MENU_PREFIX="unexicon-"

        START_DATE=`date`
        START_FROM=`pwd`

   FILES
       icewm-session(1) looks for the env file in the following locations:

        $ICEWM_PRIVCFG/env
        $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/env
        $HOME/.icewm/env
        /etc/icewm/env
        /usr/share/icewm/env

       The locations are searched in the order listed; the first file found is
       read and the remainder ignored.

   SEE ALSO
       icewm(1), icewm-session(1), icewm-startup(5).

   AUTHOR
       Brian Bidulock <mailto:bidulock@openss7.org>.

   LICENSE
       IceWM is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License.  See
       the COPYING file in the distribution.

icewm 3.6.0                       2024-06-16                      ICEWM-ENV(5)