Changing background programatically

[Stefan Stuhr]

ons, 19 01 2005 kl. 16:20 +0000, skrev Alberto Manuel Brandão Simões:
> I'm changing ~/.config/xfce4/mcs_settings/desktop.xml file (replacing 
> the image name) and then, calling xfdesktop -reload. but the image does 
> not change.
> 
> If I open the desktop configuration panel, it shows the old filename 
> (and changes back the desktop.xml file).

Make a symlink to the current image, and set the filename to the
symlink.
Change the symlink to another image, and then call xfdesktop -reload.

> More ideas?
> Thanks.
> Alberto

Stefan Stuhr