# gnome-session-selector

gnome-session-selector

1 User Commands

gnome-session-selector

Selects a session to use with gnome-session

    gnome-session-selector
    session

## Description

`gnome-session-selector` can be used from a xsession desktop file to select a session before gnome-session is run. gnome-session reads and stores its session in the ``$XDG_DATA_HOME`/gnome-session/saved-session` directory. `gnome-session-selector` works by replacing the saved-session directory by a symlink to another directory. Since the session name is used as the directory name, it may not contain '/' characters or begin with a '.'.

When a session name is specified, `gnome-session-selector` will create a symlink to select this session.

When started without arguments, `gnome-session-selector` will present a dialog that allows to choose one of the existing sessions or create a new one.

## See also

gnome-session

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